#49754 [Opn->Bgs]: date's documentation about 'u' implies it actually works

ID: 49754 Updated by: bjori@php.net Reported By: urkle at outoforder dot cc -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: CentOS 5 PHP Version: 5.2.11 New Comment: Scroll a little further down and you'll see "Note: Since this function only accepts integer timestamps the u format character is only useful when using the date_format() function with user based timestamps created with date_create(). " Since all the format characters are listed on the date() page, this will stay like this until the table can be refactored into its own appendix. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-10-02 19:02:08] urkle at outoforder dot cc Description: ------------ The documentation currently states. u Microseconds (added in PHP 5.2.2) Example: 654321 which contradicts the result of bug #41806 http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=41806 which states that because date() only accepts an integer and uses time() which only returns an integer the 'u' formatting option will ONLY return 000000. This severely limits the usefulness of having that 'u' formatting option. Can the documentation either be updated to reflect that it will ONLY return '000000' OR can the date() be modified to use microtime() when possible and to accept a float so the 'u' format option can be useful. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49754&edit=1