Bug #48187 [Com]: DateTime::diff() corrupting microtime() result

From: Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:01:04 +0000
Subject: Bug #48187 [Com]: DateTime::diff() corrupting microtime() result
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 ID:                 48187
 Comment by:         jasonjoo dot god at gmail dot com
 Reported by:        wavetrex at gmail dot com
 Summary:            DateTime::diff() corrupting microtime() result
 Status:             Open
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            Date/time related
 Operating System:   Windows 2003 Server
 PHP Version:        5.3.0RC2
 Block user comment: N

 New Comment:

my test script below:
<?php 
date_default_timezone_set("Asia/Chongqing");
echo microtime(true);
echo "\n";
$now=new DateTime();
$now->diff(new DateTime());
echo microtime(true);
?>
and my os is win32/xp
I found this isue can be reproduced under apache in handler mode, but it
is no isue in command line mode(eg. php test.php).

for example, I got its output like this:
1281415176.9756
1281402595.446
and the wrong one only change the part following dot

my php version is 5.3.3


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[2010-07-18 00:47:15] k.schroeder@php.net

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Log: Test for #48187

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[2009-05-10 01:41:59] wavetrex at gmail dot com

float(1241919300.3593)
float(1241709350.3736)
int(1241919300)
int(1241919300)
string(25) "2009-05-10T04:35:00+03:00"
string(25) "2009-05-10T04:35:00+03:00"

( http://wt.ath.cx/jani.php )

Note: 1241709350 -> this value seems to stay almost unchanged over time

(look at my first submission: string(21) "0.25882200 1241709345" )

When I reported the difference was ~50000 seconds, now it's over 200.000

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[2009-05-09 20:59:00] jani@php.net

What is the output of the script I provided?

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[2009-05-09 06:58:21] wavetrex at gmail dot com

@jani:

I'm using microtime() multiple times to determine how long some 
complex parts of the script take to execute, when I noticed weird 
differences.

Also, while the second microtime() call after diff() is wrong, the 
third seems to be ok, just like calling the function resets some 
internal variable that was broken during execution of diff()

I prepared a script on my server:
http://wt.ath.cx/diff.php
The code for this script is here:
http://wt.ath.cx/diff.txt

Server configuration:
http://wt.ath.cx/phpinfo.php

Time difference between the two calls:

Expected result:
3.814697265625E-5 (a few microseconds)
Actual result:
-142455.45035195 (??)

Your script:
http://wt.ath.cx/jani.php
... also has the error.

If this probably occurs on my server, I'm thinking... it might be 
timezone related ? I'm sure yours and mine are different. (check my 
phpinfo.php to see date/time settings)

P.S.
While investigating, I noticed that in some rare cases it doesn't 
happen, and after Ctrl-R it gives the erroned value again. Try 
reloading the page a few times in case 1st time it shows the correct 
values.

I'll keep experimenting with the new 5.3.0 time functions and see if 
some other errors appear.

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[2009-05-09 04:15:40] jani@php.net

Try this script instead: (I can't reproduce this..)

<?php
// two arbitrary dates
$date1=new DateTime("2005-07-23");
$date2=new DateTime("2006-02-14");

$begin_u = microtime(true);
$begin_t = time();
$begin_a = date(DATE_ATOM);

var_dump($date1->diff($date2));

var_dump($begin_u, microtime(true));
var_dump($begin_t, time());
var_dump($begin_a, date(DATE_ATOM));
?>


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