Date/Time ArithmeticThe following examples show some pitfalls of Date/Time arithmetic with regard to DST transitions and months having different numbers of days.
Example #1 DateTimeImmutable::add/sub add intervals which cover elapsed time Adding PT24H over a DST transition will appear to add 23/25 hours (for most timezones).
The above example will output: Start: 2015-11-01 00:00:00 -04:00 End: 2015-11-01 02:00:00 -05:00
Example #2 DateTimeImmutable::modify and strtotime increment or decrement individual component values Adding +24 hours over a DST transition will add exactly 24 hours as seen in the date/time string (unless the start or end time is on a transition point).
The above example will output: Start: 2015-11-01 00:00:00 -04:00 End: 2015-11-02 00:00:00 -05:00
Example #3 Adding or subtracting times can over- or underflow dates Like where January 31st + 1 month will result in March 2nd (leap year) or 3rd (normal year).
The above example will output: Normal year: Start: 2015-01-31 00:00:00 -05:00 End: 2015-03-03 00:00:00 -05:00 Leap year: Start: 2016-01-31 00:00:00 -05:00 End: 2016-03-02 00:00:00 -05:00
To get the last day of the next month (i.e. to prevent the overflow),
the
The above example will output: Normal year: Start: 2015-01-31 00:00:00 -05:00 End: 2015-02-28 00:00:00 -05:00 Leap year: Start: 2016-01-31 00:00:00 -05:00 End: 2016-02-29 00:00:00 -05:00 |