--TEST-- Bug #41709 (strtotime() does not handle 00.00.0000) --FILE-- <?php date_default_timezone_set("UTC"); $date_string = '00.00.0000 - 00:00:00'; print_r(date_parse($date_string)); ?> --EXPECT-- Array ( [year] => 0 [month] => 0 [day] => 0 [hour] => 0 [minute] => 0 [second] => 0 [fraction] => 0 [warning_count] => 1 [warnings] => Array ( [22] => The parsed date was invalid ) [error_count] => 1 [errors] => Array ( [11] => Unexpected character ) [is_localtime] => )