Req #75623 [NEW]: DateTime::createFromTimestamp() method

From: saifmsg at yahoo dot com Operating system: Linux PHP version: 7.1.12 Package: Date/time related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:DateTime::createFromTimestamp() method Description: ------------ There need to be an easy way to create DateTime object from unix timestamp when "declare(strict_types=1)" is set. The problem is "createFromFormat" expects second parameter to be a string and it forces it to be casted into string. There are other ways also but not quite simple (see the attached code). It would be simple and easy if there is a factory method: DateTime::createFromTimestamp(int $timestamp) This was requested before the release of "strict_types", original feature request: https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=43595 Test script: --------------- <?php declare(strict_types=1); // get timestmap as int from model // for test lets set the current time. $timestamp = time(); // Option: 1 $dateTime = DateTime::createFromFormat('U', (string)$timestamp); // Option: 2a $dateTime = new DateTime(); $dateTime->setTimestamp($timestamp); // Option: 2b $dateTime = (new DateTime())->setTimestamp($timestamp); // While it could have been simpler: // $dateTime = DateTime::createFromTimestamp($timestamp); -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=75623&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.5): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=trysnapshot55 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=fixed Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=75623&r=mysqlcfg