Req #76622 [Opn]: Support "quarter" keyword as relative format for DateTime

From: Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2018 02:39:57 +0000
Subject: Req #76622 [Opn]: Support "quarter" keyword as relative format for DateTime
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 ID:                 76622
 Updated by:         requinix@php.net
 Reported by:        thomas at landauer dot at
 Summary:            Support "quarter" keyword as relative format for
                     DateTime
 Status:             Open
 Type:               Feature/Change Request
 Package:            Date/time related
 Operating System:   Any
 PHP Version:        Irrelevant
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

The problem is that there are multiple ways to define a quarter. Jan 1 - Mar 31 is what the
(Gregorian) calendar says for the first quarter, but quarters are more commonly used in a fiscal
sense and their definitions can vary wildly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiscal_year

See also bug #15184, but it's been more than a decade so I think this is worth a second
thought. Perhaps just going with the simple Gregorian version - which can often be used to derive
others.


Previous Comments:
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[2018-07-14 17:02:38] thomas at landauer dot at

Description:
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Considering the fact that \DateTime() does support some really exotic input (like e.g. "last
sat of July 2008"), it would be nice to have some quarter-related formats too:
* "first|last day of last|this|next quarter"

Or maybe even:
* "first|last day of quarter 4 2008" or "first|last day of fourth quarter 2008"




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