The DateInterval class

Introduction

Representation of date interval. A date interval stores either a fixed amount of time (in years, months, days, hours etc) or a relative time string in the format that DateTime's constructor supports.

Class synopsis

DateInterval

DateInterval {

/* Properties */

public integer $y ;

public integer $m ;

public integer $d ;

public integer $h ;

public integer $i ;

public integer $s ;

public integer $invert ;

public mixed $days ;

/* Methods */

public __construct ( string $interval_spec )

public static DateInterval createFromDateString ( string $time )

public string format ( string $format )

}

Properties

y: Number of years.
m: Number of months.
d: Number of days.
h: Number of hours.
i: Number of minutes.
s: Number of seconds.
invert: Is 1 if the interval is inverted and 0 otherwise. See DateInterval::format.
days: Total number of days the interval spans. If this is unknown, days will be FALSE.

DateInterval::__construct — Creates new DateInterval object
DateInterval::createFromDateString — Sets up a DateInterval from the relative parts of the string
DateInterval::format — Formats the interval

The DateInterval class

Introduction

Class synopsis

Properties

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