ID: 33456 Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reported By: serge at skycomp dot ca -Status: Assigned +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Date/time related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.3.11 Assigned To: derick New Comment:
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php No bug here, "AT" is used as timezone abbreviation. (Nick, please do not add non-related issues to the same bugreport but open a new one if you think there is a bug). Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-06-25 03:07:38] nickj-phpbugs at nickj dot org Some corrections, updates, relevant information, and then questions for PHP-5.1-dev: ================================================================= Correction - This line: '%r %B %e %Y', // remove the '%A' (day): -2 hours Should say this instead: '%r %B %e %Y', // remove the '%A' (day): -14 hours ================================================================= Using this format string on PHP-5.1-dev leads to no change: '%r %B %e %Y %z' // Add the timezone: No change. ================================================================= Please see this comment at http://php.net/strftime about why 'at' cannot be used: The description of strtotime says that it can "Parse about any English textual datetime description into a UNIX timestamp". Be careful, however, when using "plain English". I was puzzled over why strtotime("June 23, 2003 at 12:00PM") returned a timestamp corresponding to 9:00 AM Central Time, until I realized the "at" was being interpreted as Azores Time or GMT+002. Writing strtotime("June 23, 2003 12:00PM") returned the correct timestamp. ================================================================= Also I think Derick Rethans has recently checked in the new strtotime() implementation in PHP-5.1-dev, so may get different results between 5.1-dev and PHP4. ================================================================= So the only unresolved questions I have for strtotime() in PHP-5.1-dev are whether these 3 formats should work: - '%A %B %e %Y %r' e.g.: 'Friday July 1 2005 10:00:00 AM' shouldn't the weekday be assumed to be part of the format string, rather than a modifier? shouldn't the current timezone be assumed, rather than GMT? - '%r %A %B %e %Y' e.g. '10:00:00 AM Friday July 1 2005' shouldn't the weekday be assumed to be part of the format string, rather than a modifier? shouldn't the current timezone be assumed, rather than GMT? - '%r %B %e %Y' e.g. '10:00:00 AM July 1 2005' shouldn't the current timezone be assumed, rather than GMT? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-06-25 02:20:19] nickj-phpbugs at nickj dot org Results of testing on PHP-5.1-dev CVS (php5-200506222230), with various format strings: ============================================================== <?php $formats = array ( // CHANGE : RESULT ON PHP-5.1-DEV '%A, %B %e %Y at %r',// original: +1 week +12 hours '%A %B %e %Y at %r', // remove comma: +1 week +12 hours '%A %B %e %Y %r', // remove 'at': +1 week -2 hours '%r %A %B %e %Y', // move %r to front: +1 week '%r %B %e %Y' // remove the '%A' (day): -2 hours ); foreach ($formats as $format) { print "-------- $format -----------\n"; $timestr="Friday at 7pm"; print "Starting Value: '$timestr'\n"; for($x=1; $x<=10; $x++) { $tStamp = strtotime($timestr); $timestr=strftime($format,$tStamp); print "x: $x; timestr: '$timestr'; tStamp: $tStamp\n"; } } ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-06-24 01:10:38] serge at skycomp dot ca Ok I'll see about testing it agains the latest CVS if I have a chance. A 100% php example is as follows: <? $timestr="Friday at 7pm"; print "Starting Value: '$timestr'\n"; for( $x=1; $x<=10; $x++) { $timestr=strftime('%A, %B %e %Y at %r',strtotime($timestr)); print "The string is now: '$timestr'\n"; } ?> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-06-24 00:58:40] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Right. And I didn't ask you to upgrade the server. I asked to to try the latest snapshot. And I'd really appreciate if you provide a reproduce code without HTML/forms/etc. Just a plain, short and clean PHP code that demonstrates the problem. Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2005-06-24 00:55:09] serge at skycomp dot ca This server does not run php5. It's on php4 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at http://bugs.php.net/33456 -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=33456&edit=1
