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Request #70381 Support comparing DateInterval objects
Submitted: 2015-08-28 10:48 UTC Modified: 2017-03-24 06:37 UTC
From: accido at ukr dot net Assigned:
Status: Duplicate Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 5.6.13RC1 OS: Xubuntu 14
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2015-08-28 10:48 UTC] accido at ukr dot net 
Description:
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Wrong DateInterval comparsion result

Test script:
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$a = new DateTime('1981-10-10');
$b = new DateTime('1980-10-01');
$m = new DateInterval('P1M');
var_dump($a->diff($b) > $m);
//bool(false)

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 [2015-08-28 11:45 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Summary: DateInterval comparsion wrong +Summary: Support comparing DateInterval objects -Type: Bug +Type: Feature/Change Request
 [2015-08-28 11:45 UTC] requinix@php.net 
DateIntervals are not comparable. You can use ->days as a workaround.

https://3v4l.org/H7JsN
 [2015-09-10 13:54 UTC] john_zuk at wp dot pl 
You can't use ->days as a workaround, because of:
http://php.net/manual/en/class.dateinterval.php#dateinterval.props.days
See: https://3v4l.org/nlH2v
 [2015-09-10 19:52 UTC] requinix@php.net 
Ha, that's true. And it makes sense since it's not always possible to determine the number of days in an arbitrary interval. That could be a problem when trying to compare two DateIntervals in a general sense, though: what is P30D <=> P1M?

A better approach here would be to compare the start date + interval <=> end date.
 [2016-05-16 12:11 UTC] php dot net at anthonychambers dot co dot uk 
I actually see this working back to 5.5.8 and up to 7.0.6 according to https://3v4l.org/TrPvp

The trick is that you have to inspect both intervals first. I just essentially did this:

var_export($interval1, true);
var_export($interval2, true);
var_export($interval1 < $interval2);

And that should work. If you don't check either of the intervals then you get different results:

* Check 0 = Always returns false
* Check 1 = Always returns true
* Check 2 = Returns correct values
 [2017-03-24 06:37 UTC] requinix@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Duplicate
 [2017-03-24 06:37 UTC] requinix@php.net 
I just became aware of request #49914.
 
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