[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #10332: Backdated pre-1st January 1970 post displayed as published on the current viewing day

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#10332: Backdated pre-1st January 1970 post displayed as published on the current
viewing day
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 Reporter:  carboncopy                            |        Type:  defect (bug)
   Status:  new                                   |    Priority:  normal      
Milestone:  Future Release                        |   Component:  Date/Time   
  Version:  2.8                                   |    Severity:  major       
 Keywords:  has-patch needs-testing dev-feedback  |  
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Comment(by rhoare):

 After testing, I can still confirm that dates before 1970, back to 1901,
 work when the bug introduced in 2.8 is commented out.

 In addition, to get dates before 1901 you need to use a 64 bit operating
 system, which has a 64 version of PHP.  In my case, it works with 64 bit
 Ubuntu 9.10 and PHP 5.2.10-2ubuntu6.4.  I can modify a post to historical
 dates (such as 1485), and the date seems to be displayed correctly
 everywhere so far (including archives) (ignoring Gregorian/Julian calendar
 changes or old style/new style years, which would really be the job of an
 extension as it's specialist).

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