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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<reference xml:id="class.dateinterval" role="class" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<title>The DateInterval class</title>
<titleabbrev>DateInterval</titleabbrev>
<partintro>
<!-- {{{ DateInterval intro -->
<section xml:id="dateinterval.intro">
&reftitle.intro;
<para>
Represents a date interval.
</para>
<para>
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
<classname>DateTimeImmutable</classname>'s and
<classname>DateTime</classname>'s constructors support.
</para>
<para>
More specifically, the information in an object of the
<classname>DateInterval</classname> class is an instruction to get from
one date/time to another date/time. This process is not always reversible.
</para>
<para>
A common way to create a <classname>DateInterval</classname> object
is by calculating the difference between two date/time objects through
<methodname>DateTimeInterface::diff</methodname>.
</para>
<para>
Since there is no well defined way to compare date intervals,
<classname>DateInterval</classname> instances are
<link linkend="language.operators.comparison.incomparable">incomparable</link>.
</para>
</section>
<!-- }}} -->
<section xml:id="dateinterval.synopsis">
&reftitle.classsynopsis;
<!-- {{{ Synopsis -->
<classsynopsis class="class">
<ooclass>
<classname>DateInterval</classname>
</ooclass>
<classsynopsisinfo role="comment">&Properties;</classsynopsisinfo>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>int</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.y">y</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>int</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.m">m</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>int</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.d">d</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>int</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.h">h</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>int</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.i">i</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>int</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.s">s</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>float</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.f">f</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>int</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.invert">invert</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>mixed</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.days">days</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>bool</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.from-string">from_string</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<fieldsynopsis>
<modifier>public</modifier>
<type>string</type>
<varname linkend="dateinterval.props.date-string">date_string</varname>
</fieldsynopsis>
<classsynopsisinfo role="comment">&Methods;</classsynopsisinfo>
<xi:include xpointer="xmlns(db=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook) xpointer(id('class.dateinterval')/db:refentry/db:refsect1[@role='description']/descendant::db:constructorsynopsis[@role='DateInterval'])">
<xi:fallback/>
</xi:include>
<xi:include xpointer="xmlns(db=http://docbook.org/ns/docbook) xpointer(id('class.dateinterval')/db:refentry/db:refsect1[@role='description']/descendant::db:methodsynopsis[@role='DateInterval'])">
<xi:fallback/>
</xi:include>
</classsynopsis>
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</section>
<section xml:id="dateinterval.props">
&reftitle.properties;
<warning>
<para>
The available properties listed below depend on PHP version, and should
be considered as <emphasis>readonly</emphasis>.
</para>
</warning>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.y">
<term><varname>y</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Number of years.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.m">
<term><varname>m</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Number of months.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.d">
<term><varname>d</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Number of days.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.h">
<term><varname>h</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Number of hours.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.i">
<term><varname>i</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Number of minutes.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.s">
<term><varname>s</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Number of seconds.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.f">
<term><varname>f</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Number of microseconds, as a fraction of a second.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.invert">
<term><varname>invert</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Is <literal>1</literal> if the interval
represents a negative time period and
<literal>0</literal> otherwise.
See <methodname>DateInterval::format</methodname>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.days">
<term><varname>days</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If the DateInterval object was created by
<methodname>DateTimeImmutable::diff</methodname> or
<methodname>DateTime::diff</methodname>, then this is the
total number of full days between the start and end dates. Otherwise,
<varname>days</varname> will be &false;.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.from-string">
<term><varname>from_string</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
If the DateInterval object was created by
<methodname>DateInterval::createFromDateString</methodname>, then
this property's value will be &true;, and the
<varname>date_string</varname> property will be populated. Otherwise,
the value will be &false;, and the <varname>y</varname> to
<varname>f</varname>, <varname>invert</varname>, and
<varname>days</varname> properties will be populated.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry xml:id="dateinterval.props.date-string">
<term><varname>date_string</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The string used as argument to
<methodname>DateInterval::createFromDateString</methodname>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</section>
<section role="changelog" xml:id="dateinterval.changelog"><!-- {{{ -->
&reftitle.changelog;
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>8.2.0</entry>
<entry>
The <varname>from_string</varname> and <varname>date_string</varname>
properties were added for <classname>DateInterval</classname>
instances that were created using the
<methodname>DateInterval::createFromDateString</methodname> method.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>8.2.0</entry>
<entry>
Only the <literal>y</literal> to <literal>f</literal>,
<literal>invert</literal>, and <literal>days</literal> will be visible.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>7.4.0</entry>
<entry>
<classname>DateInterval</classname> instances are incomparable now;
previously, all <classname>DateInterval</classname> instances were considered equal.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>7.1.0</entry>
<entry>The <varname>f</varname> property was added.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</section><!-- }}} -->
</partintro>
&reference.datetime.entities.dateinterval;
</reference>
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