Re: DateTime::modify('now') is ignored, why?

On Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Nikita Nefedov wrote: > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:06:09 +0400, Ivan Enderlin @ Hoa > <ivan.enderlin@hoa-project.net> wrote: > > > I would to modify a \DateTime object to the current time, thus I > > wrote this: > > > > $d = new \DateTime('+1 hour'); > > $d->modify('now'); > > > > It did not work. Why? Because the documentation > > (http://php.net/datetime.formats.relative) says: “Now - this is > > simply ignored”. Really? But the behavior is pretty straightforward > > isn't? “modify to now” means “set to the current date and time and > > let the timezone unchanged”. > > Shouldn't DateTime be immutable? What's the point of DateTime object > being mutable? I would include my point about why DateTime should be > immutable but I even can't come with any points except OO-logic and > all I can say is I just feel like mutable DateTime is wrong. What you > think about it? Yes, it should have been immutable. Biggest mistake that I made in this API. We can't change it anymore though. cheers, Derick -- http://derickrethans.nl | http://xdebug.org Like Xdebug? Consider a donation: http://xdebug.org/donate.php twitter: @derickr and @xdebug Posted with an email client that doesn't mangle email: alpine