Resolved datetime with 5 weekdays date function

[nani_nisha06]

Hi frnds,

I have a date time and now I want to have a automated code to add +5 weekdays only to that datetime constrain so as a try I have used below code but it is adding 5 weekdays from the date but echoing time as zero's.

PHP Code:

$date = date('Y:m:d H:i:s', time());
$final=date('Y:m:d H:i:s',strtotime("$date + 5 weekdays")); 


for example:

below is the date I want to add 5 working days to it, I used above code

2013:02:06 17:59:19

output I am getting as

2013:02:13 00:00:00

required out put should be

2013:02:13 17:59:19

Please can any one help me solve this issue.

Regards,
Nani

[Fou-Lu]

These are *not* datetime. These are strings and integers, don't mistake the two as the DateTime is an object type, not a scalar type.
This is your order of evaluation of relative versus non-relative formats:

PHP Code:

$constructed = strtotime("2013-02-06 17:59:19");
$date = date('Y:m:d H:i:s', $constructed);
$final=date('Y:m:d H:i:s',strtotime("$date + 5 weekdays"));
print $final . PHP_EOL;// 2013:02:13 00:00:00 (which is correct for the criteria)

$final = date('Y:m:d H:i:s', strtotime("+5 weekdays $date"));
print $final . PHP_EOL; // 2013:02:13 17:59:19 (which is correct for the criteria) 


Edit:
In hindsight, this may be a bug. The relative should always apply *after* the absolute, unless its 'yesterday', 'midnight', 'today', 'noon', or 'tomorrow'. So that says that the above should work in either order which it certainly does not appear to.
I'd simply use the DateTime myself:

PHP Code:

$dt = new DateTime('2013-02-06 17:59:19');
$dt->add(DateInterval::createFromDateString('+5 weekday'));
print $dt->format('F j Y H:i:s'); 


Which gives me 'February 13 2013, 17:59:19' as the result.

[nani_nisha06]

Originally Posted by Fou-Lu

These are *not* datetime. These are strings and integers, don't mistake the two as the DateTime is an object type, not a scalar type.
This is your order of evaluation of relative versus non-relative formats:

PHP Code:

$constructed = strtotime("2013-02-06 17:59:19");
$date = date('Y:m:d H:i:s', $constructed);
$final=date('Y:m:d H:i:s',strtotime("$date + 5 weekdays"));
print $final . PHP_EOL;// 2013:02:13 00:00:00 (which is correct for the criteria)

$final = date('Y:m:d H:i:s', strtotime("+5 weekdays $date"));
print $final . PHP_EOL; // 2013:02:13 17:59:19 (which is correct for the criteria) 


Edit:
In hindsight, this may be a bug. The relative should always apply *after* the absolute, unless its 'yesterday', 'midnight', 'today', 'noon', or 'tomorrow'. So that says that the above should work in either order which it certainly does not appear to.
I'd simply use the DateTime myself:

PHP Code:

$dt = new DateTime('2013-02-06 17:59:19');
$dt->add(DateInterval::createFromDateString('+5 weekday'));
print $dt->format('F j Y H:i:s'); 


Which gives me 'February 13 2013, 17:59:19' as the result.

Fou-Lu,

One thing I don't understand below comments can you brief.

These are *not* datetime.  These are strings and integers, don't mistake the two as the DateTime is an object type, not a scalar type.