--- /dev/null
+--TEST--
+strtotime() function - a test to show the difference in behaviour between 'first' and '1', "second" and "2"...
+--INI--
+date.timezone="UTC"
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php if (!function_exists('strtotime')) echo "SKIP"; ?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+/*
+ * The first of December 2008 is a Monday.
+ * The term "Monday December 2008" will be parsed as the first Monday in December 2008.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * This is parsed as the "first following Monday OR the current day if it is a Monday"
+ */
+var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('1 Monday December 2008')));
+/*
+ * This is parsed as the "second following Monday OR the first following
+ * Monday if the current day is a Monday"
+ */
+var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('2 Monday December 2008')));
+/*
+ * This is parsed as the "third following Monday OR the second following
+ * Monday if the current day is a Monday"
+ */
+var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('3 Monday December 2008')));
+/*
+ * This is parsed as the "first following Monday after the first Monday in December"
+ */
+var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('first Monday December 2008')));
+/*
+ * This is parsed as the "second following Monday after the first Monday in December"
+ */
+var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('second Monday December 2008')));
+/*
+ * This is parsed as the "third following Monday after the first Monday in December"
+ */
+var_dump(date('Y-m-d', strtotime('third Monday December 2008')));
+?>
+--EXPECTF--
+%string|unicode%(10) "2008-12-01"
+%string|unicode%(10) "2008-12-08"
+%string|unicode%(10) "2008-12-15"
+%string|unicode%(10) "2008-12-08"
+%string|unicode%(10) "2008-12-15"
+%string|unicode%(10) "2008-12-22"