PHP strtotime incorrect conversion

Question

I have looked in the manuals, It is probably a conversion weirdness but I cannot figure it out. I am getting a date from the user and attempting to validate it in PHP (versi

Answer 1

By default PHP expects that and number-number-number is Y-m-d and works backwards from there until a date makes sense. You may have to change your locale setting: http://ca.php.net/manual/en/class.locale.php. This should fix the European date format error, but keep in mind that the reverse will now be a problem.