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strtotime() : 'first/last day of last/this/next X" gives unexpected results when X is either week or year

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Since Sep 22, 2025.

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Description

Description

The following code:

<?php 
$map = [
	'first day of last week'	=> '2025-08-25',	'last day of last week'	=> '2025-08-31',
	'first day of last month'	=> '2025-08-01',	'last day of last month'=> '2025-08-31',
	'first day of last year'	=> '2024-01-01',	'last day of last year'	=> '2024-12-31',
	
	'first day of this week'	=> '2025-09-01',	'last day of this week'	=> '2025-09-07',
	'first day of this month'	=> '2025-09-01',	'last day of this month'=> '2025-09-30',
	'first day of this year'	=> '2025-01-01',	'last day of this year'	=> '2025-12-31',
	
	'first day of next week'	=> '2025-09-08',	'last day of next week'	=> '2025-09-14',
	'first day of next month'	=> '2025-10-01',	'last day of next month'=> '2025-10-31',
	'first day of next year'	=> '2026-01-01',	'last day of next year'	=> '2026-12-31',
];

$time = strtotime($s = 'today');	
echo $s . "\t:\t" . date('Y-m-d H:i:s',$time) . PHP_EOL;
echo PHP_EOL;
echo "string\t\t\tresult" . PHP_EOL;
foreach ($map as $string => $date) {
	$time = strtotime($s = $string);
	echo $s . "\t" . ($d = date('Y-m-d',$time)) . "\t" . PHP_EOL; 
}
<?php

Resulted in this output:

today	:	2025-09-03 00:00:00

string			        result
first day of last week	2025-09-01	
last day of last week	2025-09-30	
first day of last month	2025-08-01	
last day of last month	2025-08-31	
first day of last year	2024-09-01	
last day of last year	2024-09-30	
first day of this week	2025-09-01	
last day of this week	2025-09-30	
first day of this month	2025-09-01	
last day of this month	2025-09-30	
first day of this year	2025-09-01	
last day of this year	2025-09-30	
first day of next week	2025-09-01	
last day of next week	2025-09-30	
first day of next month	2025-10-01	
last day of next month	2025-10-31	
first day of next year	2026-09-01	
last day of next year	2026-09-30

But I expected this output instead:

today	:	2025-09-03 00:00:00

string			        result
first day of last week	2025-08-25	
last day of last week	2025-08-31	
first day of last month	2025-08-01	
last day of last month	2025-08-31	
first day of last year	2024-01-01	
last day of last year	2024-12-31	
first day of this week	2025-09-01	
last day of this week	2025-09-07	
first day of this month	2025-09-01	
last day of this month	2025-09-30	
first day of this year	2025-01-01	
last day of this year	2025-12-31	
first day of next week	2025-09-08	
last day of next week	2025-09-14	
first day of next month	2025-10-01	
last day of next month	2025-10-31	
first day of next year	2026-01-01	
last day of next year	2026-12-31
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PHP 8.4.10
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