--TEST-- Bug #50555 (DateTime::sub() allows 'relative' time modifications). --FILE-- format( DateTime::ISO8601 ), "\n"; echo date_add($da1, $i)->format( DateTime::ISO8601 ), "\n"; date_sub($ds1, $i); //negative DateInterval $da2 = date_create( $now ); $ds2 = date_create( $now ); $i2 = DateInterval::createFromDateString('third Tuesday of last month'); echo $da2->format( DateTime::ISO8601 ), "\n"; echo date_add($da2, $i2)->format( DateTime::ISO8601 ), "\n";//works date_sub($ds2, $i); ?> --EXPECTF-- 2010-03-07T13:21:38+0000 2010-04-20T13:21:38+0000 Warning: date_sub(): Only non-special relative time specifications are supported for subtraction in %sbug50055.php on line 9 2010-03-07T13:21:38+0000 2010-02-16T13:21:38+0000 Warning: date_sub(): Only non-special relative time specifications are supported for subtraction in %sbug50055.php on line 17