PHP with IntlDateFormatter

Question

There's a script:

for($i=80; $i<=89; $i++)
{
    $date = '01.04.19'.$i;
    $intlDateFormatter = new \IntlDateFormatter('ru', 2, -1, 'Europe/Moscow', 1, 'dd.MM.yyyy');
    $intlDateFormatter->setLenient(false);
    $timestamp = $intlDateFormatter->parse($date);
    echo $date . ' = ' . var_export($timestamp, 1);
    echo '<br>' . PHP_EOL;
}

And script outputs:

01.04.1980 = 323384400
01.04.1981 = false
01.04.1982 = false
01.04.1983 = false
01.04.1984 = false
01.04.1985 = 481147200
01.04.1986 = 512683200
01.04.1987 = 544219200
01.04.1988 = 575841600
01.04.1989 = 607377600

What's wrong with dates: 01.04.1981, 01.04.1982, 01.04.1983, 01.04.1984? PHP 5.5.9-1

It fails only for this timezone and with lenient set to `false`. But still don't know why... ;-) — Jakub Matczak, Feb 05 '15 at 15:55
It's really odd, as if you comment the line `$intlDateFormatter->setLenient(false);` it works, but I don't know why... — Javier C. H., Feb 05 '15 at 15:56

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 05 '15 at 16:03

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I think it is because in those years Moscow changed to Daylight Savings Time on April 1st so the time between 00:00:00 and 00:01:00 didn't exist. In 1985 they changed a day earlier and in 1980 they didn't change at all

You can see details of time/date changes at; http://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/russia/moscow?year=1982

answered Feb 05 '15 at 16:03

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On this basis, the solution is to set timezone to UTC – Alex Feb 06 '15 at 07:14

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 26 '15 at 17:39

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For resolve the problem, need to use UTC.

In Symfony's 2.1.* case:

    'data_timezone' => 'UTC',
    'user_timezone' => 'UTC',

Symfony 2.3+:

    'model_timezone' => 'UTC',
    'view_timezone' => 'UTC',

edited Oct 26 '15 at 17:39

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answered Feb 06 '15 at 07:17

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PHP with IntlDateFormatter

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