Title: Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception'
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception'

 *  Resolved [Monika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monika/)
 * (@monika)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-uncaught-exception-exception-1/)
 * after safing the options page I got this error
 * WP 4.01
    PHP Version 5.5.18 debug modus on
 * Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘Exception’
    with message ‘DateTime::__construct():
   Failed to parse time string (@) at position 0 (@): Unexpected character’ in /
   xxxxxx/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer/fergcorp_countdownTimer.php:1222 Stack
   trace: #0 /xxxxxx/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer/fergcorp_countdownTimer.
   php(1222): DateTime->__construct(‘@’) #1 /xxxxxx/wp-content/plugins/countdown-
   timer/fergcorp_countdownTimer.php(1028): Fergcorp_Countdown_Timer_Event->__construct(
   false, ”, ”, 0) #2 [internal function]: Fergcorp_Countdown_Timer->sanitize(Array)#
   3 /xxxxxx/wp-includes/plugin.php(214): call_user_func_array(Array, Array) #4 /
   xxxxxx/wp-includes/formatting.php(3449): apply_filters(‘sanitize_option…’, Array,‘
   fergcorp_countd…’) #5 /xxxxxx/wp-includes/option.php(243): sanitize_option(‘fergcorp_countd…’,
   Array) #6 /xxxxxx/wp-admin/options.php(181):
 * update_opt in /xxxxxx/wp-content/plugins/countdown-timer/fergcorp_countdownTimer.
   php on line 1222
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/countdown-timer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/countdown-timer/)

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 *  Plugin Author [fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * (@fergbrain)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-uncaught-exception-exception-1/#post-5526473)
 * [@monika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monika/):
 * What were you trying to change?
 *  Thread Starter [Monika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monika/)
 * (@monika)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-uncaught-exception-exception-1/#post-5526477)
 * [@fergbrain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fergbrain/)
 * hi this was 7months ago
 * I don’t know 🙂 and this time I have no time to test “countdown” plugins.

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 * Last reply from: [Monika](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monika/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fatal-error-uncaught-exception-exception-1/#post-5526477)
 * Status: resolved