Req #45829 [Com]: [intl] Allow MessageFormatter / IntlDateFormatter to accept DateTime objects?

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45829&edit=1 ID: 45829 Comment by: gmblar+php at gmail dot com Reported by: mathieuk at gmail dot com Summary: [intl] Allow MessageFormatter / IntlDateFormatter to accept DateTime objects? Status: Assigned Type: Feature/Change Request Package: *General Issues Operating System: Mac OSX 10.5 PHP Version: 5.3.0alpha1 Assigned To: stas Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Democode works as expected in PHP 5.5.7 and INTL 1.1.0 Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2010-09-01 20:08:26] stas@php.net Yes, this is on the TODO list (contributions welcome! :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-16 16:09:15] mathieuk at gmail dot com Additionally, MessageFormatter::parse() might return a DateTime object instead of a UNIX timestamp. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2008-08-15 06:13:57] mathieuk at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Feature request for the new intl extension. Both the MessageFormatter and the IntlDateFormatter accept values for dates. The IntlDateFormatter accepts both Unix timestamps and the value for localtime(). I'm assuming it's the same for the MessageFormatter. Since PHP 5.2 we have the DateTime object through the standard date extension. While it's easy to get the unix timestamp from a DateTime object through DateTime::getTimestamp() introduce in 5.3, this is an extra statement which just adds clutter. Could these two formatters be made to also accept DateTime objects ? Reproduce code: --------------- <?php $date = new DateTime("1 year ago"); $msgfmt = MessageFormatter::create('nl_NL', 'Today one year ago is {0,date}'); echo $msgfmt->format(array($date)); ?> Expected result: ---------------- Output: Today one year ago is 15 aug 2007 Actual result: -------------- Output: Today one year ago is 1 jan 1970 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=45829&edit=1