// PHP: date functions' results related to the NEXT month are not correct // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10834350/php-date-functions-results-related-to-the-next-month-are-not-correct-php-bugs // RESULTS (OUTPUT) of http://pastebin.com/3iaH4iSZ // @see http://i.stack.imgur.com/mHHRu.png strtotime('today');: 1338415200 strtotime('next month');: 1341147559 Current date as a MySQL-compatible timestamp [ date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); ]: '2012-05-31 14:59:19' Get next month as a timestamp [ date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('next month')); ]: '2012-07-01 14:59:19' Get last day of the next month as a timestamp with DateTime class [ $dateObj->add(new DateInterval('P1M')); $dateObj->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); ]: '2012-07-01 14:59:19' Get last day of the current month/Get number of days in the current month [ date('t', strtotime('today')); ]: '31' Get last day of the next month/Get number of days in the next month [ date('t', strtotime('next month')); ]: '31'