Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62911&edit=1
ID: 62911 Updated by: willfi...@php.net Reported by: bdurand-php at ssji dot net Summary: Add DateTime::__toString() -Status: Re-Opened +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Date/time related PHP Version: Irrelevant Assigned To: willfitch Block user comment: N Private report: N Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-09-01 10:18:12] willfi...@php.net I have reopened this as I've introduced an RFC here: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/datetime_tostring. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-08-27 17:50:28] willfi...@php.net It's not a matter of whether PHP can or not; it's a matter of gathering a consensus among developers on what standard *should* be default. I personally agree with adding __tostring, but this needs to be proposed in an RFC, which I will do tonight. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-08-27 17:27:15] bdurand-php at ssji dot net The timezone can be defined in the constructor, with the directive tz php.ini, or with date_default_timezone_get() function. A DateTime is a string in fact, so it's logic to have a string cast available. Which format is more standard than ISO format? Another common format is the timestamp, but it can not represent all dates. Other languages did this behavior ââlike python. Why PHP can't? I know that I can subclass any (core) class... it's not the problem here. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-08-27 15:24:45] willfi...@php.net Would it be worth investing time in adding a setter/constructor option for a default format type? Setting no default could fallback to one of the constants (which still doesn't resolve the non-consensus issue). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-08-27 15:17:38] der...@php.net We have had this a few times now, and we should not do this. The main reason is that we will never be able to come to a consensus on which format to show. It certainly shouldn't have anything that destroys the encoded timezone identifiers. It's perfectly possible to subclass DateTime yourself and add a __toString() that returns the datetime in your preferred format though. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62911 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62911&edit=1
