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TimeLegacy extends DateTime
in package

Application

uses TimeTrait

Legacy Time class.

Use Time instead.

This class is only for backward compatibility. Do not use. This is not immutable! Some methods are immutable, but some methods can alter the state.

Properties

$age : int
$day : string
$dayOfWeek : string
$dayOfYear : string
$dst : bool
$hour : string
$local : bool
$minute : string
$month : string
$quarter : string
$second : string
$timestamp : int
$utc : bool
$weekOfMonth : string
$weekOfYear : string
$year : string
$locale : string
$relativePattern : string: Used to check time string to determine if it is relative time or not.
$testNow : DateTimeInterface|static|null
$timezone : DateTimeZone
$toStringFormat : string: Format to use when displaying datetime through __toString

Methods

__construct() : mixed: Time constructor.
__get() : array<string|int, mixed>|bool|DateTimeInterface|DateTimeZone|int|IntlCalendar|self|string|null: Allow for property-type access to any getX method... Note that we cannot use this for any of our setX methods, as they return new Time objects, but the __set ignores return values.
__isset() : bool: Allow for property-type checking to any getX method.
__toString() : string: Outputs a short format version of the datetime.
__wakeup() : void: This is called when we unserialize the Time object.
addDays() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $days added to the time.
addHours() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $hours added to the time.
addMinutes() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $minutes added to the time.
addMonths() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $months added to the time.
addSeconds() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $seconds added to the time.
addYears() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $years added to the time.
create() : self: Returns a new instance with the date time values individually set.
createFromDate() : self: Returns a new instance based on the year, month and day. If any of those three are left empty, will default to the current value.
createFromFormat() : self: Provides a replacement for DateTime's own createFromFormat function, that provides more flexible timeZone handling
createFromInstance() : self: Takes an instance of DateTimeInterface and returns an instance of Time with it's same values.
createFromTime() : self: Returns a new instance with the date set to today, and the time set to the values passed in.
createFromTimestamp() : self: Returns a new instance with the datetime set based on the provided UNIX timestamp.
difference() : TimeDifference
equals() : bool: Determines if the datetime passed in is equal to the current instance.
getAge() : int: Returns the age in years from the date and 'now'
getCalendar() : IntlCalendar: Returns the IntlCalendar object used for this object, taking into account the locale, date, etc.
getDay() : string: Return the localized day of the month.
getDayOfWeek() : string: Return the index of the day of the week
getDayOfYear() : string: Return the index of the day of the year
getDst() : bool: Are we in daylight savings time currently?
getHour() : string: Return the localized hour (in 24-hour format).
getLocal() : bool: Returns boolean whether the passed timezone is the same as the local timezone.
getMinute() : string: Return the localized minutes in the hour.
getMonth() : string: Returns the localized Month
getQuarter() : string: Returns the number of the current quarter for the year.
getSecond() : string: Return the localized seconds
getTimezoneName() : string: Returns the name of the current timezone.
getUtc() : bool: Returns boolean whether object is in UTC.
getUTCObject() : DateTime|static: Returns a Time instance with the timezone converted to UTC.
getWeekOfMonth() : string: Return the index of the week in the month
getWeekOfYear() : string: Return the index of the week in the year
getYear() : string: Returns the localized Year
hasTestNow() : bool: Returns whether we have a testNow instance saved.
humanize() : string: Returns a text string that is easily readable that describes how long ago, or how long from now, a date is, like:
instance() : self: Takes an instance of DateTime and returns an instance of Time with it's same values.
isAfter() : bool: Determines if the current instance's time is after $testTime, after converting in UTC.
isBefore() : bool: Determines if the current instance's time is before $testTime, after converting to UTC.
now() : self: Returns a new Time instance with the timezone set.
parse() : self: Returns a new Time instance while parsing a datetime string.
sameAs() : bool: Ensures that the times are identical, taking timezone into account.
setDay() : self: Sets the day of the month.
setHour() : self: Sets the hour of the day (24 hour cycle)
setMinute() : self: Sets the minute of the hour
setMonth() : self: Sets the month of the year.
setSecond() : self: Sets the second of the minute.
setTestNow() : void: Creates an instance of Time that will be returned during testing when calling 'Time::now()' instead of the current time.
setTimestamp() : self: Returns a new instance with the date set to the new timestamp.
setTimezone() : self: Returns a new instance with the revised timezone.
setYear() : self: Sets the current year for this instance.
subDays() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $days subtracted from the time.
subHours() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $hours subtracted from the time.
subMinutes() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $minutes subtracted from the time.
subMonths() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $months subtracted from the time.
subSeconds() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $seconds subtracted from the time.
subYears() : static: Returns a new Time instance with $hours subtracted from the time.
toDateString() : string: Returns a localized version of the date in Y-m-d format.
toDateTime() : DateTime: Converts the current instance to a mutable DateTime object.
toDateTimeString() : false|string: Returns the localized value of the date in the format 'Y-m-d H:i:s'
today() : self: Return a new time with the time set to midnight.
toFormattedDateString() : string: Returns a localized version of the date in nicer date format:
toLocalizedString() : false|string: Returns the localized value of this instance in $format.
tomorrow() : self: Returns an instance set to midnight tomorrow morning.
toTimeString() : string: Returns a localized version of the time in nicer date format:
yesterday() : self: Returns an instance set to midnight yesterday morning.
hasRelativeKeywords() : bool: Check a time string to see if it includes a relative date (like 'next Tuesday').
setValue() : self: Helper method to do the heavy lifting of the 'setX' methods.

$age


    public
        int
    $age

read-only

$day


    public
        string
    $day

read-only

$dayOfWeek


    public
        string
    $dayOfWeek

read-only

$dayOfYear


    public
        string
    $dayOfYear

read-only

$dst


    public
        bool
    $dst

read-only

$hour


    public
        string
    $hour

read-only

$local


    public
        bool
    $local

read-only

$minute


    public
        string
    $minute

read-only

$month


    public
        string
    $month

read-only

$quarter


    public
        string
    $quarter

read-only

$second


    public
        string
    $second

read-only

$timestamp


    public
        int
    $timestamp

read-only

$utc


    public
        bool
    $utc

read-only

$weekOfMonth


    public
        string
    $weekOfMonth

read-only

$weekOfYear


    public
        string
    $weekOfYear

read-only

$year


    public
        string
    $year

read-only

$locale


    protected
        string
    $locale

$relativePattern

Used to check time string to determine if it is relative time or not.


    protected
    static    string
    $relativePattern
     = '/this|next|last|tomorrow|yesterday|midnight|today|[+-]|first|last|ago/i'

...

$testNow


    protected
    static    DateTimeInterface|static|null
    $testNow

$timezone


    protected
        DateTimeZone
    $timezone

$toStringFormat

Format to use when displaying datetime through __toString


    protected
        string
    $toStringFormat
     = 'yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'

__construct()

Time constructor.


    public
                    __construct([string|null $time = null ][, DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : mixed

Parameters

$time : string|null = null
$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

__get()

Allow for property-type access to any getX method... Note that we cannot use this for any of our setX methods, as they return new Time objects, but the __set ignores return values.


    public
                    __get(string $name) : array<string|int, mixed>|bool|DateTimeInterface|DateTimeZone|int|IntlCalendar|self|string|null

See http://php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.overloading.php

Parameters

$name : string

Return values

__isset()

Allow for property-type checking to any getX method.


    public
                    __isset(string $name) : bool

Parameters

$name : string

Return values

bool

__toString()

Outputs a short format version of the datetime.


    public
                    __toString() : string

The output is NOT localized intentionally.

Return values

string

__wakeup()

This is called when we unserialize the Time object.


    public
                    __wakeup() : void

addDays()

Returns a new Time instance with $days added to the time.


    public
                    addDays(int $days) : static

Parameters

$days : int

Return values

static

addHours()

Returns a new Time instance with $hours added to the time.


    public
                    addHours(int $hours) : static

Parameters

$hours : int

Return values

static

addMinutes()

Returns a new Time instance with $minutes added to the time.


    public
                    addMinutes(int $minutes) : static

Parameters

$minutes : int

Return values

static

addMonths()

Returns a new Time instance with $months added to the time.


    public
                    addMonths(int $months) : static

Parameters

$months : int

Return values

static

addSeconds()

Returns a new Time instance with $seconds added to the time.


    public
                    addSeconds(int $seconds) : static

Parameters

$seconds : int

Return values

static

addYears()

Returns a new Time instance with $years added to the time.


    public
                    addYears(int $years) : static

Parameters

$years : int

Return values

static

create()

Returns a new instance with the date time values individually set.


    public
            static        create([int|null $year = null ][, int|null $month = null ][, int|null $day = null ][, int|null $hour = null ][, int|null $minutes = null ][, int|null $seconds = null ][, DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Parameters

$year : int|null = null
$month : int|null = null
$day : int|null = null
$hour : int|null = null
$minutes : int|null = null
$seconds : int|null = null
$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

createFromDate()

Returns a new instance based on the year, month and day. If any of those three are left empty, will default to the current value.


    public
            static        createFromDate([int|null $year = null ][, int|null $month = null ][, int|null $day = null ][, DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Parameters

$year : int|null = null
$month : int|null = null
$day : int|null = null
$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

createFromFormat()

Provides a replacement for DateTime's own createFromFormat function, that provides more flexible timeZone handling


    public
            static        createFromFormat(string $format, string $datetime[, DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ]) : self

Parameters

$format : string
$datetime : string
$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null

Return values

self

createFromInstance()

Takes an instance of DateTimeInterface and returns an instance of Time with it's same values.


    public
            static        createFromInstance(DateTimeInterface $dateTime[, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Parameters

$dateTime : DateTimeInterface
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

createFromTime()

Returns a new instance with the date set to today, and the time set to the values passed in.


    public
            static        createFromTime([int|null $hour = null ][, int|null $minutes = null ][, int|null $seconds = null ][, DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Parameters

$hour : int|null = null
$minutes : int|null = null
$seconds : int|null = null
$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

createFromTimestamp()

Returns a new instance with the datetime set based on the provided UNIX timestamp.


    public
            static        createFromTimestamp(int $timestamp[, DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Parameters

$timestamp : int
$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

difference()


    public
                    difference(DateTimeInterface|self|string $testTime[, string|null $timezone = null ]) : TimeDifference

Parameters

$testTime : DateTimeInterface|self|string
$timezone : string|null = null

Return values

TimeDifference

equals()

Determines if the datetime passed in is equal to the current instance.


    public
                    equals(DateTimeInterface|self|string $testTime[, string|null $timezone = null ]) : bool

Equal in this case means that they represent the same moment in time, and are not required to be in the same timezone, as both times are converted to UTC and compared that way.

Parameters

$testTime : DateTimeInterface|self|string
$timezone : string|null = null

Return values

bool

getAge()

Returns the age in years from the date and 'now'


    public
                    getAge() : int

Return values

int

getCalendar()

Returns the IntlCalendar object used for this object, taking into account the locale, date, etc.


    public
                    getCalendar() : IntlCalendar

Primarily used internally to provide the difference and comparison functions, but available for public consumption if they need it.

Return values

IntlCalendar

getDay()

Return the localized day of the month.


    public
                    getDay() : string

Return values

string

getDayOfWeek()

Return the index of the day of the week


    public
                    getDayOfWeek() : string

Return values

string

getDayOfYear()

Return the index of the day of the year


    public
                    getDayOfYear() : string

Return values

string

getDst()

Are we in daylight savings time currently?


    public
                    getDst() : bool

Return values

bool

getHour()

Return the localized hour (in 24-hour format).


    public
                    getHour() : string

Return values

string

getLocal()

Returns boolean whether the passed timezone is the same as the local timezone.


    public
                    getLocal() : bool

Return values

bool

getMinute()

Return the localized minutes in the hour.


    public
                    getMinute() : string

Return values

string

getMonth()

Returns the localized Month


    public
                    getMonth() : string

Return values

string

getQuarter()

Returns the number of the current quarter for the year.


    public
                    getQuarter() : string

Return values

string

getSecond()

Return the localized seconds


    public
                    getSecond() : string

Return values

string

getTimezoneName()

Returns the name of the current timezone.


    public
                    getTimezoneName() : string

Return values

string

getUtc()

Returns boolean whether object is in UTC.


    public
                    getUtc() : bool

Return values

bool

getUTCObject()

Returns a Time instance with the timezone converted to UTC.


    public
                    getUTCObject(DateTimeInterface|self|string $time[, string|null $timezone = null ]) : DateTime|static

Parameters

$time : DateTimeInterface|self|string
$timezone : string|null = null

Return values

DateTime|static

getWeekOfMonth()

Return the index of the week in the month


    public
                    getWeekOfMonth() : string

Return values

string

getWeekOfYear()

Return the index of the week in the year


    public
                    getWeekOfYear() : string

Return values

string

getYear()

Returns the localized Year


    public
                    getYear() : string

Return values

string

hasTestNow()

Returns whether we have a testNow instance saved.


    public
            static        hasTestNow() : bool

Return values

bool

humanize()

Returns a text string that is easily readable that describes how long ago, or how long from now, a date is, like:


    public
                    humanize() : string

3 weeks ago
in 4 days
6 hours ago

Return values

string

instance()

Takes an instance of DateTime and returns an instance of Time with it's same values.


    public
            static        instance(DateTime $dateTime[, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Use createFromInstance() instead

Parameters

$dateTime : DateTime
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

isAfter()

Determines if the current instance's time is after $testTime, after converting in UTC.


    public
                    isAfter(DateTimeInterface|self|string $testTime[, string|null $timezone = null ]) : bool

Parameters

$testTime : DateTimeInterface|self|string
$timezone : string|null = null

Return values

bool

isBefore()

Determines if the current instance's time is before $testTime, after converting to UTC.


    public
                    isBefore(DateTimeInterface|self|string $testTime[, string|null $timezone = null ]) : bool

Parameters

$testTime : DateTimeInterface|self|string
$timezone : string|null = null

Return values

bool

now()

Returns a new Time instance with the timezone set.


    public
            static        now([DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Parameters

$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

parse()

Returns a new Time instance while parsing a datetime string.


    public
            static        parse(string $datetime[, DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Example: $time = Time::parse('first day of December 2008');

Parameters

$datetime : string
$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

sameAs()

Ensures that the times are identical, taking timezone into account.


    public
                    sameAs(DateTimeInterface|self|string $testTime[, string|null $timezone = null ]) : bool

Parameters

$testTime : DateTimeInterface|self|string
$timezone : string|null = null

Return values

bool

setDay()

Sets the day of the month.


    public
                    setDay(int|string $value) : self

Parameters

$value : int|string

Return values

self

setHour()

Sets the hour of the day (24 hour cycle)


    public
                    setHour(int|string $value) : self

Parameters

$value : int|string

Return values

self

setMinute()

Sets the minute of the hour


    public
                    setMinute(int|string $value) : self

Parameters

$value : int|string

Return values

self

setMonth()

Sets the month of the year.


    public
                    setMonth(int|string $value) : self

Parameters

$value : int|string

Return values

self

setSecond()

Sets the second of the minute.


    public
                    setSecond(int|string $value) : self

Parameters

$value : int|string

Return values

self

setTestNow()

Creates an instance of Time that will be returned during testing when calling 'Time::now()' instead of the current time.


    public
            static        setTestNow([DateTimeInterface|self|string|null $datetime = null ][, DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : void

Parameters

$datetime : DateTimeInterface|self|string|null = null
$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

setTimestamp()

Returns a new instance with the date set to the new timestamp.


    public
                    setTimestamp(int $timestamp) : self

Parameters

$timestamp : int

Return values

self

setTimezone()

Returns a new instance with the revised timezone.


    public
                    setTimezone(DateTimeZone|string $timezone) : self

Parameters

$timezone : DateTimeZone|string

Return values

self

setYear()

Sets the current year for this instance.


    public
                    setYear(int|string $value) : self

Parameters

$value : int|string

Return values

self

subDays()

Returns a new Time instance with $days subtracted from the time.


    public
                    subDays(int $days) : static

Parameters

$days : int

Return values

static

subHours()

Returns a new Time instance with $hours subtracted from the time.


    public
                    subHours(int $hours) : static

Parameters

$hours : int

Return values

static

subMinutes()

Returns a new Time instance with $minutes subtracted from the time.


    public
                    subMinutes(int $minutes) : static

Parameters

$minutes : int

Return values

static

subMonths()

Returns a new Time instance with $months subtracted from the time.


    public
                    subMonths(int $months) : static

Parameters

$months : int

Return values

static

subSeconds()

Returns a new Time instance with $seconds subtracted from the time.


    public
                    subSeconds(int $seconds) : static

Parameters

$seconds : int

Return values

static

subYears()

Returns a new Time instance with $hours subtracted from the time.


    public
                    subYears(int $years) : static

Parameters

$years : int

Return values

static

toDateString()

Returns a localized version of the date in Y-m-d format.


    public
                    toDateString() : string

Return values

string

toDateTime()

Converts the current instance to a mutable DateTime object.


    public
                    toDateTime() : DateTime

Return values

DateTime

toDateTimeString()

Returns the localized value of the date in the format 'Y-m-d H:i:s'


    public
                    toDateTimeString() : false|string

Return values

false|string

today()

Return a new time with the time set to midnight.


    public
            static        today([DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Parameters

$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

toFormattedDateString()

Returns a localized version of the date in nicer date format:


    public
                    toFormattedDateString() : string

i.e. Apr 1, 2017

Return values

string

toLocalizedString()

Returns the localized value of this instance in $format.


    public
                    toLocalizedString([string|null $format = null ]) : false|string

Parameters

$format : string|null = null

Return values

false|string

tomorrow()

Returns an instance set to midnight tomorrow morning.


    public
            static        tomorrow([DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Parameters

$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

toTimeString()

Returns a localized version of the time in nicer date format:


    public
                    toTimeString() : string

i.e. 13:20:33

Return values

string

yesterday()

Returns an instance set to midnight yesterday morning.


    public
            static        yesterday([DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null ][, string|null $locale = null ]) : self

Parameters

$timezone : DateTimeZone|string|null = null
$locale : string|null = null

Return values

self

hasRelativeKeywords()

Check a time string to see if it includes a relative date (like 'next Tuesday').


    protected
            static        hasRelativeKeywords(string $time) : bool

Parameters

$time : string

Return values

bool

setValue()

Helper method to do the heavy lifting of the 'setX' methods.


    protected
                    setValue(string $name, int $value) : self

Parameters

$name : string
$value : int

Return values

self

TimeLegacy extends DateTime in package Application uses TimeTrait

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Properties

$age

$day

$dayOfWeek

$dayOfYear

$dst

$hour

$local

$minute

$month

$quarter

$second

$timestamp

$utc

$weekOfMonth

$weekOfYear

$year

$locale

$relativePattern

$testNow

$timezone

$toStringFormat

Methods

__construct()

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__get()

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Return values

__isset()

Parameters

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__toString()

Return values

__wakeup()

addDays()

Parameters

Return values

addHours()

Parameters

Return values

addMinutes()

Parameters

Return values

addMonths()

Parameters

Return values

addSeconds()

Parameters

Return values

addYears()

Parameters

Return values

create()

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createFromDate()

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createFromFormat()

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createFromInstance()

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createFromTime()

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createFromTimestamp()

TimeLegacy extends DateTime
in package

Application

uses TimeTrait