Req #71520 [NEW]: Adding the DateTime constants to the DateTimeInterface interface

From: nyamsprod at gmail dot com Operating system: Irrelevant PHP version: Irrelevant Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:Adding the DateTime constants to the DateTimeInterface interface Description: ------------ Currently it's not possible to access DateTime constants directly from DateTimeImmutable. Test script: --------------- $datetime = new DateTimeImmutable('2000-01-01 00:00:00', new DateTimeZone('Africa/Kinshasa')); var_dump($datetime->format(DateTimeImmutable::ATOM)); var_dump($datetime->format(DateTimeImmutable::COOKIE)); var_dump($datetime->format(DateTimeImmutable::ISO8601)); var_dump($datetime->format(DateTimeImmutable::RFC822)); var_dump($datetime->format(DateTimeImmutable::RFC850)); var_dump($datetime->format(DateTimeImmutable::RFC1036)); var_dump($datetime->format(DateTimeImmutable::RFC2822)); var_dump($datetime->format(DateTimeImmutable::RFC3339)); var_dump($datetime->format(DateTimeImmutable::RSS)); var_dump($datetime->format(DateTimeImmutable::W3C)); Expected result: ---------------- string(25) "2000-01-01T00:00:00+01:00" string(34) "Saturday, 01-Jan-2000 00:00:00 WAT" string(24) "2000-01-01T00:00:00+0100" string(29) "Sat, 01 Jan 00 00:00:00 +0100" string(32) "Saturday, 01-Jan-00 00:00:00 WAT" string(29) "Sat, 01 Jan 00 00:00:00 +0100" string(31) "Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0100" string(25) "2000-01-01T00:00:00+01:00" string(31) "Sat, 01 Jan 2000 00:00:00 +0100" string(25) "2000-01-01T00:00:00+01:00" Actual result: -------------- The following constant are missing on the DateTimeInterface interface DateTimeInterface::ATOM, DateTimeInterface::COOKIE, DateTimeInterface::ISO8601, DateTimeInterface::RFC822, DateTimeInterface::RFC850, DateTimeInterface::RFC1036, DateTimeInterface::RFC2822, DateTimeInterface::RFC3339, DateTimeInterface::RSS, DateTimeInterface::W3C -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=71520&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=71520&r=mysqlcfg