note 118358 added to datetime.createfromformat

If you want to safely compare equality of a DateTime object without explicitly providing the time portion make use of the ! format character. <?php $date1 = DateTime::createFromFormat('!Y-m-d', '2012-10-17'); sleep(2); $date2 = DateTime::createFromFormat('!Y-m-d', '2012-10-17'); /* $date1 and $date2 will both be set to a timestamp of "2012-10-17 00:00:00" var_dump($date1 == $date2); //will be true var_dump($date1 > $date2); //will be false var_dump($date1 < $date2); //will be false */ ?> If you omit the ! format character without explicitly providing the time portion your timestamp which will include the current system time in the stamp. <?php $date1 = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2012-10-17'); sleep(2); $date2 = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2012-10-17'); var_dump($date1 == $date2); //will be false var_dump($date1 >= $date2); //will be false var_dump($date1 < $date2); //will be true ?> ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 77.96.189.162 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/118358 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118358/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118358/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118358/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118358/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118358/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118358/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/118358 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/118358 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php