[PHP-BUG] Req #62911 [NEW]: Add DateTime::__toString()
From: bdurand-php at ssji dot net Operating system: PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Add DateTime::__toString() Description: Hello, I want to have a default behavior to convert an instance of the class DateTime into a string. I mean implement the method __toString() in the DateTime class. The default format should be ISO8601 IMHO, but we can add an attribut to define the default format to use for __toString() and format() method. Greetings. Test script: --- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62911&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=php4 Daylight Savings:https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=62911&r=mysqlcfg
Req #62911 [Wfx]: Add DateTime::__toString()
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62911&edit=1 ID: 62911 User updated by:bdurand-php at ssji dot net Reported by:bdurand-php at ssji dot net Summary:Add DateTime::__toString() Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package:Date/time related PHP Version:Irrelevant Assigned To:willfitch Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: 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. Previous Comments: [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. [2012-08-27 15:15:15] willfi...@php.net This is a good idea. I will add this, but will also add an RFC as I'd like the input of other internals on the output format. ------------ [2012-08-23 18:15:37] bdurand-php at ssji dot net Description: Hello, I want to have a default behavior to convert an instance of the class DateTime into a string. I mean implement the method __toString() in the DateTime class. The default format should be ISO8601 IMHO, but we can add an attribut to define the default format to use for __toString() and format() method. Greetings. Test script: --- https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=62911&edit=1
