Timestamp on local Win2k server returns 1970. Help!

[Gert Jan Wiersema]

Dear Group,

I have apache running on a win2k machine. When I try to use time(); or
date();, I get the 01-01-70 returned. Must be a setting in the apache
config, but where?

Thanks,
Gert

[Janwillem Borleffs]

Gert Jan Wiersema wrote:

I have apache running on a win2k machine. When I try to use time(); or
date();, I get the 01-01-70 returned. Must be a setting in the apache
config, but where?

Since there is nothing in both apache config and php.ini that influences
system dates, you are left with only a few options:

* Check the system date (obvious, but still).
* There's something wrong with the installation of PHP, re-install it from a
fresh download.

It's also useful to check bugs.php.net for related bugs.
JW

[Gert Jan Wiersema]

> * There's something wrong with the installation of PHP, re-install
it

from a fresh download.

Shit. I'm in the middle of a project.

For the time being I've placed a file on a PHP remote server which
generates a timestamp I can use. Since this is a "serious" server,
it's maybe even better, more accurate :)

But thanks. It was time to clean up the ol' machine anyway. This is a
good motivation.
Gert

[Andy Hassall]

On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 00:17:57 +0200, "Gert Jan Wiersema" <gj*******@donder.op>
wrote:

I have apache running on a win2k machine. When I try to use time(); or
date();, I get the 01-01-70 returned. Must be a setting in the apache
config, but where?

Can you post example code demonstrating this? time() will never return the
string '01-01-70', and date() without parameters wouldn't either - the first
parameter is mandatory.

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[Gert Jan Wiersema]

> Can you post example code demonstrating this? time() will never
return

the string '01-01-70', and date() without parameters wouldn't either - the first parameter is mandatory.

What I do:

$datenow = time();
$date = ("d-m-y", "$datenow");

Then I get a nice 30-08-04 when I print $date.

But the time() returns the 1970 value... So it's like the apache
server here is not really doing what it's supposed to do.

Gert

[Andy Hassall]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 22:59:16 +0200, "Gert Jan Wiersema" <gj*******@donder.op>
wrote:

Can you post example code demonstrating this? time() will never

return

the string '01-01-70', and date() without parameters wouldn't

either -

the first parameter is mandatory.

What I do:

$datenow = time();
$date = ("d-m-y", "$datenow");

Then I get a nice 30-08-04 when I print $date.

But the time() returns the 1970 value... So it's like the apache
server here is not really doing what it's supposed to do.

Apache's got nothing to do with it, it's PHP that's returning values.

What does the following print:

<?php
var_dump(time());
?>

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[Gert Jan Wiersema]

> What does the following print:

<?php
var_dump(time());
?>

Yeah! That works...

But somehow...

$time = time();
print "$time";

also works!

Hmmm... something with negative energy?

:)

Thanks!
Gert

[Andy Hassall]

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 01:40:21 +0200, "Gert Jan Wiersema" <gj*******@donder.op>
wrote:

What does the following print:

<?php
var_dump(time());
?>
Yeah! That works...

But somehow...

$time = time();
print "$time";

also works!

So it should...
Hmmm... something with negative energy?

What? So where's the problem?

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[Gert Jan Wiersema]

$time = time();
print "$time";

also works!

So it should...

Hmmm... something with negative energy?

What? So where's the problem?

The problem was that the exact same piece of code wouldn't work
earlier. Somehow it started to work the other day. That would mean
that there was something wrong with the server here, which was my
thought in the original post.

Gert