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Bug #74529 DateTime::diff seems to ignore $absolute = true
Submitted: 2017-05-02 11:03 UTC Modified: 2017-05-14 04:22 UTC
From: hrovira at seocom dot es Assigned:
Status: No Feedback Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 7.1.4 OS: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2017-05-02 11:03 UTC] hrovira at seocom dot es 
Description:
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DateTime::diff generates different DateInterval results depending on the order, even though $absolute param is set to true. date1->diff(date2, true) is different than date2->diff(date1, true). Please, see test script.

Test script:
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<?php

$date1 = date_create("2014-11-01 00:00:00");
$date2 = date_create("2017-05-01 04:00:00");

$diff1 = $date2->diff($date1, true);
$diff2 = $date1->diff($date2, true);

echo $diff1->m .' months, '.$diff1->d. ' days';
// outputs: 6 months, 0 days
echo $diff2->m .' months, '.$diff2->d. ' days';
// outputs: 5 months, 30 days


Expected result:
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6 months, 0 days
5 months, 30 days

Actual result:
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6 months, 0 days
6 months, 0 days

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 [2017-05-02 11:04 UTC] hrovira at seocom dot es 
Obviously, expected and actual results are switched :(
 [2017-05-02 12:12 UTC] andrew dot nester dot dev at gmail dot com 
thanks for reporting this issue!
I tried to reproduce it on latest 7.1 build (7.1.6-dev) - working good.
but anyway I decided to add test to prove that it works as expected (see my PR)
 [2017-05-02 12:34 UTC] derick@php.net 
Andrew, it might look fixed for you because you have a different timezone with different DST rules configured.
 [2017-05-02 14:10 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Package: SPL related +Package: Date/time related
 [2017-05-02 20:06 UTC] andrew dot nester dot dev at gmail dot com 
Thanks Derick!
gonna rework my pull request
 [2017-05-03 12:17 UTC] andrew dot nester dot dev at gmail dot com 
I've just updated my PR to fix the issue.
See https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/2509
Thanks!
 [2017-05-06 18:56 UTC] heiglandreas@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Feedback
 [2017-05-06 18:56 UTC] heiglandreas@php.net 
To me this looks like a duplicate of https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52480 depending on which way the diff starts…
 [2017-05-14 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
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change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you.
 
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