> -----Original Message----- > From: Tamara Temple [mailto:tamouse.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: November 15, 2011 1:33 PM > To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Sniping on the List > > On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:24:17 -0600, tamouse mailing lists > <tamouse.lists@xxxxxxxxx> sent: > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:12 PM, Tedd Sperling > > <tedd.sperling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> PS: I know it's not Friday, but this question came up in class > >> yesterday and I thought maybe all of you might like to guess why > >> null is Wednesday? > > > > Wait.. What?? > > > > $ php -r 'echo date("l",NULL),"\n";' > > Wednesday > > > > Cos: > > > > $ php -r 'echo date("r",NULL),"\n";' > > Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 -0600 > > > > (Personally, I would have thought Thursday should be NULL, but that's > > just me. And Thursday.) > > Actually, It *is* Thursday if you use UTC: > > $ TZ=UTC php -r 'echo date("r",NULL),"\n";' > Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 > > :P Perfect example of Tedd's last comment about being proven wrong (even though TECHNICALLY it isn't) Good job :) Steven Staples Web Application Programmer -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
