Q: What does this code return?
date('Y-m-d',strtotime('00-00-00'));
A: 1999-11-30
B: 0001-01-01
C: 2001-01-01
The correct answer is A: 1999-11-30.
You'll find the reasoning behind this result as a comment on this bug report.
There is no bug here, 00-00-00 means 2000-00-00, which is 1999-12-00, which is 1999-11-30. No bug, perfectly normal.
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