From: tom at ix dot tc
Operating system: Windows Vista
PHP version: 5.2.9
PHP Bug Type: Date/time related
Bug description: DateTime2 sometimes allows construct with an invalid string
Description:
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I was initialising DateTime objects to test validity of date strings when
I came across an odd bug. The string "East Anglia" gets parsed the same way
as some time today.
Strangely, strtotime does not parse the string.
Reproduce code:
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$date = new DateTime('AAAAA');
echo $date->format('U');
will correctly throw an exception: Fatal error: Uncaught exception
'Exception' with message 'DateTime::__construct() [<a
href='datetime.--construct'>datetime.--construct</a>]: Failed to parse time
string (AAA) at position 0 (A):
$date = new DateTime('East Anglia');
echo $date->format('U');
Gets parsed as if it were now + 7 hours.
Expected result:
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An exception: Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message
'DateTime::__construct() [<a
href='datetime.--construct'>datetime.--construct</a>]: Failed to parse time
string (AAA) at position 0 (A):
Actual result:
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Gets parsed as a time string.
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