From: cool_lim_lp at yahoo dot com dot sg
Operating system: any
PHP version: 5.2.5
PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request
Bug description: Addition of more useful date time functions
Description:
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Is it possible to add more useful functions like date substraction and
date addition and the ability to get individual date parts?
For example, to get a date part, we have to do something like
$datetime = new DateTime ('12 jan 2008');
$day = (int)$datetime->format('d');
We have to convert an internally stored int to a string and then back to
an int again, duh.
Why not simply introduce a 'getDay' function?
$day = $datetime->getDay();
$year = $datetime->getYear();
Subtraction of two dates:
First, we have to convert the datetime object to a UNIX timestamp, which
has a very limited range and then perform some maths on this timestamp
itself. It is very tedious and troublesome.
for example to calculate the age of a person:
$now = new DateTime ('now');
$dob = new DateTime ('19 jan 1955');
you have to first convert to a UNIX timestamp, but the dob is out of the
range allowed. Or you could use date_parse to get some info and then
perform some lengthy maths to calculate the age.
Sometimes we also need to know the amount of time that has elapsed between
two dates in terms of hours, minutes, seconds, years, or months etc. But
currently, there is no easy way to calculate that using PHP 's built-in
functions.
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Fixed in release:
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Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=needscript
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Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=support
Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=notwrong
Not enough info:
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Submitted twice:
http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=submittedtwice
register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=php4
Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=dst
IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=gnused
Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=float
No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=44163&r=mysqlcfg
