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Request #75195 DateTimeInterface does not include add method
Submitted: 2017-09-12 17:06 UTC Modified: 2017-09-29 14:49 UTC
Votes:5
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 0.9
Reproduced:3 of 3 (100.0%)
Same Version:2 (66.7%)
Same OS:2 (66.7%)
From: richard dot carree dot com at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Open Package: Date/time related
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 [2017-09-12 17:06 UTC] richard dot carree dot com at gmail dot com 
Description:
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Both of DateTime and DateTimeInterface expose `add` method. As "DateTimeInterface is meant so that both DateTime and DateTimeImmutable can be type hinted for", why it does not include `add` method?

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 [2017-09-12 17:08 UTC] richard dot carree dot com at gmail dot com 
Sorry, I meant:

Both of DateTime and DateTimeImmutable expose `add` method. As "DateTimeInterface is meant so that both DateTime and DateTimeImmutable can be type hinted for", why it does not include `add` method?
 [2017-09-29 09:05 UTC] heiglandreas@php.net 
I wouldn't want to have it included in the interface as the implementation between both is different. Datetime returns itself, while DateTimeImmutable returns a new instance of Datetimeimmutable. So technically the return value is not the same…
 [2017-09-29 14:49 UTC] richard dot carree dot com at gmail dot com 
Both return an object that implements DateTimeInterface.

Couldn't we have something like the following?

```
    /**
     * @return \DateTimeInterface
     */
    public function add(DateInterval $interval); 
```
 
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