diff --git a/ext/date/lib/parse_date.c b/ext/date/lib/parse_date.c
index fbe330700b3a5..92e9ad27d777c 100644
--- a/ext/date/lib/parse_date.c
+++ b/ext/date/lib/parse_date.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Generated by re2c 0.13.5 on Mon Dec  5 22:02:27 2011 */
+/* Generated by re2c 0.13.5 on Sun Aug  5 16:55:20 2012 */
 #line 1 "ext/date/lib/parse_date.re"
 /*
    +----------------------------------------------------------------------+
@@ -24823,6 +24823,7 @@ timelib_time* timelib_strtotime(char *s, int len, struct timelib_error_container
 	in.tzdb = tzdb;
 	in.time->is_localtime = 0;
 	in.time->zone_type = 0;
+	in.time->relative.days = TIMELIB_UNSET;
 
 	do {
 		t = scan(&in, tz_get_wrapper);
diff --git a/ext/date/lib/parse_date.re b/ext/date/lib/parse_date.re
index 16c45a2119829..7124791e999b4 100644
--- a/ext/date/lib/parse_date.re
+++ b/ext/date/lib/parse_date.re
@@ -1830,6 +1830,7 @@ timelib_time* timelib_strtotime(char *s, int len, struct timelib_error_container
 	in.tzdb = tzdb;
 	in.time->is_localtime = 0;
 	in.time->zone_type = 0;
+	in.time->relative.days = TIMELIB_UNSET;
 
 	do {
 		t = scan(&in, tz_get_wrapper);
diff --git a/ext/date/tests/bug60774.phpt b/ext/date/tests/bug60774.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..af8f4471d3453
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/date/tests/bug60774.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #60774 (DateInterval::format("%a") is always zero when an interval is created using the createFromDateString method)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$i= DateInterval::createFromDateString('2 days');
+var_dump($i);
+echo $i->format("%d"), "\n";
+echo $i->format("%a"), "\n";
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+object(DateInterval)#1 (8) {
+  ["y"]=>
+  int(0)
+  ["m"]=>
+  int(0)
+  ["d"]=>
+  int(2)
+  ["h"]=>
+  int(0)
+  ["i"]=>
+  int(0)
+  ["s"]=>
+  int(0)
+  ["invert"]=>
+  int(0)
+  ["days"]=>
+  bool(false)
+}
+2
+(unknown)