Index: includes/date_api_filter_handler.inc
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal-contrib/contributions/modules/date/includes/date_api_filter_handler.inc,v
retrieving revision 1.25
diff -u -p -r1.25 date_api_filter_handler.inc
--- includes/date_api_filter_handler.inc	10 Nov 2010 13:25:26 -0000	1.25
+++ includes/date_api_filter_handler.inc	11 Nov 2010 22:52:56 -0000
@@ -337,15 +337,7 @@ class date_api_filter_handler extends vi
     // This is a date that needs to be constructed from options like 'now' .
     $default_option = $prefix == 'max' ? $options['default_to_date'] : $options['default_date'];
     if (!empty($default_option)) {
-      // For PHP 5.2+, take advantage of any strings that native PHP 
-      // date_create() can handle. For older versions use strtotime().
-      if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.2', '<')) {
-        $now = strtotime($default_option . ' UTC');
-        $date = date_create("@$now", timezone_open('UTC'));
-      }
-      else {
-        $date = date_create($default_option, date_default_timezone());
-      }
+      $date = date_create($default_option, date_default_timezone_object());
       $default_date = date_format($date, DATE_FORMAT_DATETIME);
     }
     // This a fixed date.