Level 104
Is there a time part to either datetime instance? How is the Carbon instance created???
Feb 8, 2022
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Level 4
Carbon -- Difference between 2 dates
Date 1 = 15/07/2021
Date 2 = 25/03/2022
When I try to find the difference between 2 dates using Carbon's diffInDays() function I am getting 2 different results for the following:
$daysleft = $date1_carbon->diffInDays($date2_carbon);
$daysleft = $daysleft + 1;
For the above I get the output as 254
$daysleft = $date2_carbon->diffInDays($date1_carbon);
$daysleft = $daysleft + 1;
For the above I get 253
Which one is correct and which one should I be using?
Level 4
@tykus Not really. They have been created as Carbon objects using the code
$date1_carbon = Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $date1);
$date2_carbon = Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $date2);
Level 4
Agreed with @tykus, without seeing the initialization of the $date1_carbon and $date2_carbon variables, it's really hard to answer this.
Level 122
Level 4
$date1_carbon = Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $date1);
$date2_carbon = Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $date2);
This one gives a difference.
Level 51
@eludic No
=> Carbon\Carbon @1626349036 {#3701
date: 2021-07-15 11:37:16.0 UTC (+00:00),
}
>>> $date2 = Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', '25/03/2022');
=> Carbon\Carbon @1648208250 {#3696
date: 2022-03-25 11:37:30.0 UTC (+00:00),
}
>>> $date1->diffInDays($date2);
=> 253
>>> $date2->diffInDays($date1);
=> 253
Level 122
@eludic No it doesn't
$date1 = Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y','15/07/2021');
$date2 = Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y','25/03/2022');
echo $date1 . PHP_EOL;
echo $date2 . PHP_EOL;
$daysleft = $date1->diffInDays($date2);
echo $daysleft+1 . PHP_EOL;
$daysleft = $date2->diffInDays($date1);
echo $daysleft+1 . PHP_EOL;
Output:
2021-07-15 00:06:52
2022-03-25 00:06:52
254
254
Level 4
Its weird but I am seeing a difference. Any specific fix I can use to remove this ambiguity?
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