Re: [PHP] Strange Result of Datetime::diff

On Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 8:39 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'd expect the following script:
>
> <?php
>
> $date1 = new DateTime('2017-03-01');
> $date2 = new DateTime('2017-04-02');
>
> $diff = $date1->diff($date2);
>
> echo "{$diff->m} months and {$diff->d} days.";
> ?>
>
> would print "1 months and 0 days.". But instead it prints "1 months and 3
> days." (see https://3v4l.org/RMuUZ).
> What is the reason for this behaviour?
>
> Thanks in advance and best regards
> Christian
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You sure about that, the above should yield 1 months and 1 days since you
have an extra day there:

http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/fe7c7d989101ab5e1dd1530d457bfcc7a1cfa8fa

If it was:

$date1 = new DateTime('2017-03-01');
$date2 = new DateTime('2017-04-01');

Then it would be exactly 1 month.