Title: DateTime::__construct(): Failed to parse time string (raw)
Last modified: August 17, 2020

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# DateTime::__construct(): Failed to parse time string (raw)

 *  Resolved [Jonathan Stegall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathanstegall/)
 * (@jonathanstegall)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime__construct-failed-to-parse-time-string-raw/)
 * I’m seeing an E_WARNING occur pretty in my logs (I’m running 5.1.5 of the plugin
   and WordPress 5.5). I haven’t been able to reproduce it locally, but here’s the
   stack trace I’m seeing on the live server.
 *     ```
        in DateTime::__construct called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Date_Utils.php (1272)
        in Tribe__Date_Utils::build_date_object called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Date_Utils.php (1309)
        in Tribe__Date_Utils::is_valid_date called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Models/Post_Types/Event.php (116)
        in Tribe\Events\Models\Post_Types\Event::build_properties called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Models/Post_Types/Base.php (115)
        in Tribe\Models\Post_Types\Base::get_properties called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Models/Post_Types/Base.php (146)
        in Tribe\Models\Post_Types\Base::to_post called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/functions/template-tags/event.php (135)
        in tribe_get_event called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Views/V2/Template/Excerpt.php (72)
        in Tribe\Events\Views\V2\Template\Excerpt::Tribe\Events\Views\V2\Template\{closure} called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Views/V2/Template/Excerpt.php (126)
        in Tribe\Events\Views\V2\Template\Excerpt::avoiding_filter_loop called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Views/V2/Template/Excerpt.php (73)
        in Tribe\Events\Views\V2\Template\Excerpt::maybe_filter_excerpt_more called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Views/V2/Hooks.php (463)
        in Tribe\Events\Views\V2\Hooks::filter_excerpt_more called at /var/www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php (287)
        in WP_Hook::apply_filters called at /var/www/wp-includes/plugin.php (206)
        in apply_filters called at /var/www/wp-includes/formatting.php (3845)
        in wp_trim_excerpt called at /var/www/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php (287)
        in WP_Hook::apply_filters called at /var/www/wp-includes/plugin.php (206)
        in apply_filters called at /var/www/wp-includes/post-template.php (427)
        in get_the_excerpt called at /var/www/wp-includes/post-template.php (392)
        in the_excerpt called at /var/www/wp-content/themes/minnpost-largo/template-parts/content-excerpt.php (35)
        in require called at /var/www/wp-includes/template.php (725)
        in load_template called at /var/www/wp-includes/template.php (672)
       ```
   
 * So it seems to be running – at certain times only – when `get_the_excerpt` is
   called by my theme.
 * There’s a similar error leading to /the-events-calendar/src/views/v2/default-
   template.php. The stack trace there, if it’s helpful, looks like this:
 *     ```
        in DateTime::__construct called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Date_Utils.php (1272)
        in Tribe__Date_Utils::build_date_object called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Date_Utils.php (1309)
        in Tribe__Date_Utils::is_valid_date called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Models/Post_Types/Event.php (116)
        in Tribe\Events\Models\Post_Types\Event::build_properties called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Models/Post_Types/Base.php (115)
        in Tribe\Models\Post_Types\Base::get_properties called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Models/Post_Types/Base.php (146)
        in Tribe\Models\Post_Types\Base::to_post called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/functions/template-tags/event.php (135)
        in tribe_get_event called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Repositories/Event.php (1436)
        in Tribe__Events__Repositories__Event::format_item called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Repository.php (862)
        in Tribe__Repository::first called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Views/V2/Views/Traits/With_Fast_Forward_Link.php (46)
        in Tribe\Events\Views\V2\Views\Day_View::get_fast_forward_link called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Views/V2/Views/Day_View.php (243)
        in Tribe\Events\Views\V2\Views\Day_View::setup_messages called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Views/V2/View.php (1384)
        in Tribe\Events\Views\V2\View::setup_template_vars called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Views/V2/Views/Day_View.php (175)
        in Tribe\Events\Views\V2\Views\Day_View::setup_template_vars called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Views/V2/View.php (597)
        in Tribe\Events\Views\V2\View::get_html called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Views/V2/Template_Bootstrap.php (260)
        in Tribe\Events\Views\V2\Template_Bootstrap::get_view_html called at /var/www/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/views/v2/default-template.php (18)
        in include called at /var/www/wp-includes/template-loader.php (106)
        in require_once called at /var/www/wp-blog-header.php (19)
        in require called at /var/www/index.php (17)
       ```
   
    -  This topic was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by [Jonathan Stegall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathanstegall/).
      Reason: update stack trace

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 *  [pwenzel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pwenzel/)
 * (@pwenzel)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime__construct-failed-to-parse-time-string-raw/#post-13289338)
 * I’m seeing this fill up my logs as well.
 *  [mchauta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mchauta/)
 * (@mchauta)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime__construct-failed-to-parse-time-string-raw/#post-13339856)
 * Hello, I’m seeing this right now and it’s broken my ability to view events in
   a single page, will only show fill calendar. Did you ever figure this out? I 
   am getting the “raw” as well for the warning.
 *  Thread Starter [Jonathan Stegall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathanstegall/)
 * (@jonathanstegall)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime__construct-failed-to-parse-time-string-raw/#post-13346764)
 * No, I haven’t been able to figure anything out. I’ve just been checking here 
   and [this known issues link](https://theeventscalendar.com/known-issues/) every
   few days to see if it shows up.
 *  Thread Starter [Jonathan Stegall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathanstegall/)
 * (@jonathanstegall)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime__construct-failed-to-parse-time-string-raw/#post-13433606)
 * I’d like to note that this issue still happens in 5.1.6. I haven’t seen it mentioned
   on the known issues page, so wanted to try and make sure it gets noticed.
 *  [Jaime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaimemarchwinski/)
 * (@jaimemarchwinski)
 * [5 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime__construct-failed-to-parse-time-string-raw/#post-13444700)
 * Hi [@jonathanstegall](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jonathanstegall/)
 * I’m sorry to hear that you are still experiencing this issue.
 * I have unfortunately not been able to replicate this issue with the most recent
   version of our plugin and a default WordPress theme.
 * As a first step, can you try a quick test and see if the functionality works 
   as expected with a bare WordPress install? A bare install is basically a default
   WordPress theme like Twenty Twenty and no other plugins besides ours installed.
   You may want to consider trying this out on a staging site so that you don’t 
   have to switch things around on your live site.
 * I hope that helps!
 * Thanks,
    Jaime
 *  [Jaime](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jaimemarchwinski/)
 * (@jaimemarchwinski)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime__construct-failed-to-parse-time-string-raw/#post-13524592)
 * Hey there! This thread has been inactive for a while so we’re going to go ahead
   and mark it Resolved. Please feel free to open a new thread if any other questions
   come up and we’d be happy to help.
 *  [therealgilles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chamois_blanc/)
 * (@chamois_blanc)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/datetime__construct-failed-to-parse-time-string-raw/#post-13641468)
 * I am seeing the warning too. Here is a trace if that helps:
 *     ```
       E_WARNING: DateTime::__construct(): Failed to parse time string (raw) at position 0 (r): The timezone could not be found in the database
   
       in DateTime::__construct called at .../public_html/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Date_Utils.php (1272)
       in Tribe__Date_Utils::build_date_object called at .../public_html/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Date_Utils.php (1309)
       in Tribe__Date_Utils::is_valid_date called at .../public_html/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/Tribe/Models/Post_Types/Event.php (116)
       in Tribe\Events\Models\Post_Types\Event::build_properties called at .../public_html/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Models/Post_Types/Base.php (115)
       in Tribe\Models\Post_Types\Base::get_properties called at .../public_html/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/common/src/Tribe/Models/Post_Types/Base.php (146)
       in Tribe\Models\Post_Types\Base::to_post called at .../public_html/wp-content/plugins/the-events-calendar/src/functions/template-tags/event.php (135)
       in tribe_get_event called at .../public_html/wp-content/plugins/events-virtual/src/Tribe/Meetings/Zoom/Password.php (193)
       in Tribe\Events\Virtual\Meetings\Zoom\Password::update_password_from_zoom called at .../public_html/wp-content/plugins/events-virtual/src/Tribe/Meetings/Zoom_Provider.php (181)
       in Tribe\Events\Virtual\Meetings\Zoom_Provider::check_zoom_meeting called at .../public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php (287)
       in WP_Hook::apply_filters called at .../public_html/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php (311)
       in WP_Hook::do_action called at .../public_html/wp-includes/plugin.php (544)
       in do_action_ref_array called at .../public_html/wp-includes/class-wp.php (758)
       in WP::main called at .../public_html/wp-includes/functions.php (1285)
       in wp called at .../public_html/wp-blog-header.php (16)
       in require called at .../public_html/index.php (17)
       ```
   
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 6 months ago by [therealgilles](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chamois_blanc/).

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