Doc #76945 [Ver->Csd]: DateTime modify with decimals

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76945&edit=1 ID: 76945 Updated by: cmb@php.net Reported by: wijnand at samson-it dot nl Summary: DateTime modify with decimals -Status: Verified +Status: Closed Type: Documentation Problem Package: Date/time related PHP Version: 7.2.10 Assigned To: cmb Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-10-02 15:43:13] cmb@php.net Automatic comment from SVN on behalf of cmb Revision: http://svn.php.net/viewvc/?view=revision&revision=345766 Log: Fix #76945: DateTime modify with decimals ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-09-28 15:22:26] wijnand at samson-it dot nl Ah! Well, I never would have figured that the dot would be interpreted as a delimiter in such a string. I'd say that this is confusing enough that it warrants an example in the documentation about how "+1.5 hours" works, but yields an unexpected result. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-09-28 15:06:17] salathe@php.net > Then it's still not correct, because the "+1." part of the string is dropped, > instead of it saying that this is not recognised. The "+1" is being interpreted as a timezone correction (see tzcorrection at http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.time.php). As far as I'm aware, the "." is just being ignored in this case (as would a few other characters, which I'm not sure we do document well [or at all]). The intro page for those formats (http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php) also mentions "In most cases formats from different sections [of the Supported Date and Time Formats documentation] can be used in the same date/time string." Does that help? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-09-28 13:17:45] wijnand at samson-it dot nl I suppose you're referring to this: [+-]?[0-9]+ Then it's still not correct, because the "+1." part of the string is dropped, instead of it saying that this is not recognised. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-09-28 12:13:05] salathe@php.net > It's not documented The relative date/time statements (and how they behave with non-relative statements) are documented at http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76945 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76945&edit=1