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Alex Mayer
2021-01-13 22:38:13 -05:00
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PHP has a class named DateTime to help you when reading, writing, comparing or calculating with date and time. There
are many date and time related functions in PHP besides DateTime, but it provides nice object-oriented interface to
most common uses. It can handle time zones, but that is outside this short introduction.
most common uses. DateTime can handle time zones, but that is outside the scope of this short introduction.
To start working with DateTime, convert raw date and time string to an object with `createFromFormat()` factory method
or do `new DateTime` to get the current date and time. Use `format()` method to convert DateTime back to a string for
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ echo 'Start date: ' . $start->format('Y-m-d') . "\n";
{% endhighlight %}
Calculating with DateTime is possible with the DateInterval class. DateTime has methods like `add()` and `sub()` that
take a DateInterval as an argument. Do not write code that expect same number of seconds in every day, both daylight
saving and timezone alterations will break that assumption. Use date intervals instead. To calculate date difference
take a DateInterval as an argument. Do not write code that expects the same number of seconds in every day. Both daylight
saving and time zone alterations will break that assumption. Use date intervals instead. To calculate date difference
use the `diff()` method. It will return new DateInterval, which is super easy to display.
{% highlight php %}
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ echo 'Difference: ' . $diff->format('%m month, %d days (total: %a days)') . "\n"
// Difference: 1 month, 6 days (total: 37 days)
{% endhighlight %}
On DateTime objects you can use standard comparison:
You can use standard comparisons on DateTime objects:
{% highlight php %}
<?php