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Request #53712 DateTime::createFromFormat using format ('W') doesn't work
Submitted: 2011-01-11 11:35 UTC Modified: 2017-01-12 19:37 UTC
Votes:4
Avg. Score:4.5 ± 0.9
Reproduced:4 of 4 (100.0%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
Same OS:0 (0.0%)
From: mpchanzy at proxecom dot fr Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Date/time related
PHP Version: 5.3.5 OS: XP Pro
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-01-11 11:35 UTC] mpchanzy at proxecom dot fr 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/datetime.createfromformat#Liste de paramètres
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DateTime::createFromFormat('W','1')
returns false when it should probably return the date of the first week of the year.

'W' is a date() compatible format

Test script:
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$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('W','1');


Expected result:
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it should return something like this:

public 'date' => string '2011-01-03 10:17:40' (length=19)
  public 'timezone_type' => int 3
  public 'timezone' => string 'UTC' (length=3)


Actual result:
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false

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 [2011-01-11 11:45 UTC] mpchanzy at proxecom dot fr
-Summary: Weeks format ('W') doesn't work +Summary: DateTime::createFromFormat using format ('W') doesn't work
 [2011-01-11 11:45 UTC] mpchanzy at proxecom dot fr 
I just changed the title to make it more explicit
 [2011-01-11 15:51 UTC] derick@php.net
-Package: Unknown/Other Function +Package: Translation problem
 [2011-01-11 15:51 UTC] derick@php.net 
"W" is not part of that list at all—it is not supported. The documentation also states http://uk.php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php:

The format that the passed in string should be in. See the formatting options below. In *most cases*, the same letters as for the date() can be used.

Perhaps you're looking at an outdated translation of the manual? It looks that the French version of the manual is indeed outdated.
 [2011-01-12 04:19 UTC] aharvey@php.net
-Type: Bug +Type: Documentation Problem
 [2011-01-12 18:57 UTC] altrozero at gmail dot com 
This is probably more of a feature request than a bug as 'W' isn't listed in the 
documentation for DateTime::createFromFormat neither are a few other characters 
that are supported by date.

You may as well just use the date() function if you wish to use 'W'
 [2011-01-26 21:46 UTC] philip@php.net
-Type: Documentation Problem +Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Translation problem +Package: Date/time related
 [2011-01-26 21:46 UTC] philip@php.net 
Marking as a datetime feature request.
 [2015-06-24 10:36 UTC] simon dot lindhen at hotmail dot com 
To create a DateTime from a week you can use: http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.setisodate.php
 [2017-01-12 19:37 UTC] heiglandreas@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix
 [2017-01-12 19:37 UTC] heiglandreas@php.net 
Thank you for your suggestion. As the previous comment suggests there is a way to solve this issue, so I'm closing this.
 
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