Bug #54685 [Opn->Dup]: Unexpected output for DATETIME:diff()

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54685&edit=1 ID: 54685 Updated by: mike@php.net Reported by: ddynamic dot rahul at gmail dot com Summary: Unexpected output for DATETIME:diff() -Status: Open +Status: Duplicate Type: Bug Package: *General Issues Operating System: Windows NT ABC-223D173EDE7 5.1 b PHP Version: 5.3.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-11-21 14:37:39] bandy dot chris at gmail dot com Related to bug 51184. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-07-10 04:03:21] denis dot beurive at gmail dot com I confirm the bug on windows 7 : $date1 = new DateTime("2011-07-03 00:00:00", new DateTimeZone('Europe/Paris')); $date2 = new DateTime("2011-07-01 00:00:00", new DateTimeZone('Europe/Paris')); $diff = $date1->diff($date2); echo 'diff(' . $date1->format('Y-m-d') . ',' . $date2->format('Y-m-d') . ' ) = ' . $diff->format('%a') . '<br>'; Result : diff(2011-07-03,2011-07-01 ) = 6015 Regards, Denis ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-05-07 13:05:17] ddynamic dot rahul at gmail dot com Description: ------------ --- I've followed all the reported bugs & forums. However, still not got any solution for this. Please help me to fix this bug. --- <?php $datetime1 = new DateTime('2011-05-01'); $datetime2 = new DateTime('2011-05-07'); $interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2); print_r($interval); echo $interval->format('%R%a days'); ?> O/P: DateInterval Object ( [y] => 0 [m] => 0 [d] => 6 [h] => 0 [i] => 0 [s] => 0 [invert] => 0 [days] => 6015 ) +6015 days The o/p always gives the same unexpected result for any dates. i.e, +6015 Test script: --------------- <?php $datetime1 = new DateTime('2011-05-01'); $datetime2 = new DateTime('2011-05-07'); $interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2); print_r($interval); echo $interval->format('%R%a days'); ?> Expected result: ---------------- O/P: DateInterval Object ( [y] => 0 [m] => 0 [d] => 6 [h] => 0 [i] => 0 [s] => 0 [invert] => 0 [days] => 6015 ) +6015 days Actual result: -------------- 6 days ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54685&edit=1