Parsing date with arabian symbols throw Webklex\PHPIMAP\Exceptions\GetMessagesFailedException Invalid message date

[shadow762]

Hi! I have one message with date which contains arabian symbols. As far as I know Carbon can't parse this kind of date by default so first I get exception from Carbon

"Could not parse '��, 19 ��� 2018 16:20:35': DateTime::__construct(): Failed to parse time string (��, 19 ��� 2018 16:20:35) at position 0 (�): Unexpected character"

and InvalidMessageDateException later.

This exception stops reading the mailbox at all. Is there way to solve this issue? Perhaps not to set date at all in this case?

[Webklex]

Hi @shadow762 , many thanks for your report. Can you provide me with such an date?

Can you think of a way to parse those dates?

Best regards,

[Creatik]

Hi @shadow762 , many thanks for your report. Can you provide me with such an date?

Can you think of a way to parse those dates?

Best regards,

Hi i have the same problem

PHP Warning: DateTime::modify(): Failed to parse time string (Fri, 11 Feb 2022 16:03:10 +0300 (RUS03)) at position 36 (0): Unexpected character in /opt/www/img.voltag.ru/vendor/nesbot/carbon/src/Carbon/Traits/Modifiers.php on line 439

[Hanaver]

If mail time is Mon, 20 Dec 2021 10:25:08 +0800 sync fails and program aborts.

The parseDate method of file webklex\php-imap\src\Header.php can be changed to the following

Old

private function parseDate($header) {
        if (property_exists($header, 'date')) {
            $parsed_date = null;
            $date = $header->date;

            if(preg_match('/\+0580/', $date)) {
                $date = str_replace('+0580', '+0530', $date);
            }

            $date = trim(rtrim($date));
            try {
                $parsed_date = Carbon::parse($date);
            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                switch (true) {
                    case preg_match('/([0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\ UT)+$/i', $date) > 0:
                    case preg_match('/([A-Z]{2,3}\,\ [0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\ UT)+$/i', $date) > 0:
                        $date .= 'C';
                        break;
                    case preg_match('/([A-Z]{2,3}\,\ [0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\ \+[0-9]{2,4}\ \(\+[0-9]{1,2}\))+$/i', $date) > 0:
                    case preg_match('/([A-Z]{2,3}[\,|\ \,]\ [0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}.*)+$/i', $date) > 0:
                    case preg_match('/([A-Z]{2,3}\,\ [0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\ [\-|\+][0-9]{4}\ \(.*)\)+$/i', $date) > 0:
                    case preg_match('/([A-Z]{2,3}\, \ [0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\ [\-|\+][0-9]{4}\ \(.*)\)+$/i', $date) > 0:
                    case preg_match('/([0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{2,4}\ [0-9]{2}\:[0-9]{2}\:[0-9]{2}\ [A-Z]{2}\ \-[0-9]{2}\:[0-9]{2}\ \([A-Z]{2,3}\ \-[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\))+$/i', $date) > 0:
                        $array = explode('(', $date);
                        $array = array_reverse($array);
                        $date = trim(array_pop($array));
                        break;
                }
                try{
                    $parsed_date = Carbon::parse($date);
                } catch (\Exception $_e) {
                    throw new InvalidMessageDateException("Invalid message date. ID:".$this->get("message_id"), 1100, $e);
                }
            }

            $this->set("date", $parsed_date);
        }
    }

New

private function parseDate($header) {
        if (property_exists($header, 'date')) {
            $parsed_date = null;
            $date = $header->date;

            if(preg_match('/\+0580/', $date)) {
                $date = str_replace('+0580', '+0530', $date);
            }

            $date = trim(rtrim($date));
            try {
                if(strpos($date, ' ') !== false){
                    $date = str_replace(' ', ' ', $date);
                }
                $parsed_date = Carbon::parse($date);
            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                switch (true) {
                    case preg_match('/([0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\ UT)+$/i', $date) > 0:
                    case preg_match('/([A-Z]{2,3}\,\ [0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\ UT)+$/i', $date) > 0:
                        $date .= 'C';
                        break;
                    case preg_match('/([A-Z]{2,3}\,\ [0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\ \+[0-9]{2,4}\ \(\+[0-9]{1,2}\))+$/i', $date) > 0:
                    case preg_match('/([A-Z]{2,3}[\,|\ \,]\ [0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}.*)+$/i', $date) > 0:
                    case preg_match('/([A-Z]{2,3}\,\ [0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\ [\-|\+][0-9]{4}\ \(.*)\)+$/i', $date) > 0:
                    case preg_match('/([A-Z]{2,3}\, \ [0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{4}\ [0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\:[0-9]{1,2}\ [\-|\+][0-9]{4}\ \(.*)\)+$/i', $date) > 0:
                    case preg_match('/([0-9]{1,2}\ [A-Z]{2,3}\ [0-9]{2,4}\ [0-9]{2}\:[0-9]{2}\:[0-9]{2}\ [A-Z]{2}\ \-[0-9]{2}\:[0-9]{2}\ \([A-Z]{2,3}\ \-[0-9]{2}:[0-9]{2}\))+$/i', $date) > 0:
                        $array = explode('(', $date);
                        $array = array_reverse($array);
                        $date = trim(array_pop($array));
                        break;
                }
                try{
                    if(strpos($date, ' ') !== false){
                        $date = str_replace(' ', ' ', $date);
                    }
                    $parsed_date = Carbon::parse($date);
                } catch (\Exception $_e) {
                    throw new InvalidMessageDateException("Invalid message date. ID:".$this->get("message_id"), 1100, $e);
                }
            }

            $this->set("date", $parsed_date);
        }
    }

[Webklex]

Hi @Creatik @Hanaver , man those timestamps are getting weirder and weirder. Thanks for providing new specimens for our collection :)

Best regards & happy coding,