[Bug 493727] [NEW] date('Y') returns 0000 on big endian machines

[Dennis]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: php5

Problem: date('Y') returns 0000 on big endian machines (instead of 2009)

using: Ubuntu 9.10 on a PowerPC
package: php5
version: 5.2.10.dfsg.1-2ubuntu6.3

It's a known bug in PHP:
http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=48276

This page shows a diff to fix it, a one character edit:
http://forums.matrix.squiz.net/index.php?showtopic=6607

This date problem causes serious problems in many PHP applications, even
cookies with an expiration date no longer work due to the incorrect
year.

** Affects: php5 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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date('Y') returns 0000 on big endian machines
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/493727
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