note 119362 added to datetime.createfromformat

Reportedly, microtime() may return a timestamp number without a fractional part if the microseconds are exactly zero. I.e., "1463772747" instead of the expected "1463772747.000000". number_format() can create a correct string representation of the microsecond timestamp every time, which can be useful for creating DateTime objects when used with DateTime::createFromFormat(): <?php $now = DateTime::createFromFormat('U.u', number_format(microtime(true), 6, '.', '')); var_dump($now->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u')); // E.g., string(26) "2016-05-20 19:36:26.900794" ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 35.2.149.67 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/119362 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119362/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119362/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119362/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119362/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119362/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119362/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119362 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/119362 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php