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mlseim · 01-25-2013, 11:04 PM

Fou-Lu,

I'm pretty much blown away at how much trouble PHP has at doing date functions. There are dozens of date functions to pick from, 'use this one', 'use that one', 'don't use that unless you do this', etc. Make sure your dates are formatted like YYYY-MM-DD for more accurate calculations, etc. How does anyone know which method to use and when to use it?

What's happening? Does Perl, Java, C++, and all the others have the same issues with date/time calculations? Or is this something where PHP did it wrong from the beginning and now it has escalated into a whole fiasco of functions and tricks to make it work?

01-25-2013, 11:04 PM	PM User \| #7
mlseim Master Coder Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cottage Grove, Minnesota Posts: 9,046 Thanks: 8 Thanked 1,029 Times in 1,020 Posts	Fou-Lu, I'm pretty much blown away at how much trouble PHP has at doing date functions. There are dozens of date functions to pick from, 'use this one', 'use that one', 'don't use that unless you do this', etc. Make sure your dates are formatted like YYYY-MM-DD for more accurate calculations, etc. How does anyone know which method to use and when to use it? What's happening? Does Perl, Java, C++, and all the others have the same issues with date/time calculations? Or is this something where PHP did it wrong from the beginning and now it has escalated into a whole fiasco of functions and tricks to make it work?