README

PHP Library with objects for managing date formats and formatting for date periods.

Formatting Functionality

Utilizing the DevCoding\Arranged\Helper\DatePeriodFormatter::format method, a native PHP DatePeriod object can be formatted using the same tokens as the \DateTimeInterface::format method. The end date string is modified to remove any redundant portions. For example, if the start & end dates are on the same calendar day, the date is entirely removed from the end date string. For more examples, see the format method.

Reduction Functionality

Utilizing the DevCoding\Arranged\Helper\DatePeriodFormatter::reduce method, a native PHP DatePeriod object can be formatted using the same tokens as the \DateTimeInterface::format method, then reduced in length to a specific length or as much as possible. For example, if the start or end times are at the top of the hour and a separator is included in the format string, the separator and the 00 is removed. For more examples, see the reduce method.

Convenience Class

For convenience, the DevCoding\Arranged\Object\DatePeriod class extends the native PHP DatePeriod class withformat and reduce methods that utilize the methods from DevCoding\Arranged\Helper\DatePeriodFormatter.

Installation & Usage

Installation is simple via composer composer require deviscoding/arranged.

Usage is simple:

$StartDate  = new \DateTime('2021-01-06 14:20:00')
$EndDate    = new \DateTime('2021-01-06 23:32:00');
$Interval   = new \DateInterval('PT15M');
$DatePeriod = new \DevCoding\DevCoding\Object\Date\DatePeriod($StartDate, $Interval, $EndDate);
$formatted  = $DatePeriod->format('l, F dS g:ia');
$reduced    = $DatePeriod->reduce('l, F dS g:ia', 40);
$further    = $DatePeriod->reduce('l, F dS g:ia');
echo $formatted.' OR '.$reduced.' OR '.$further;

The above should print Wednesday, January 6th 2:20pm-11:30pm OR Wednesday, January 6th 2:20-11:30pm OR Wed, Jan 6th, 2:20-11:30pm.

Dependencies

There are no dependencies for this library other than PHP 7+.

Saying Thanks

To be honest, simply telling a friend about this library would be thrilling. Well, that is, if I knew about it. So, maybe star the repo, mention @jonesiscoding in a tweet, or drop me a line via the email address found in the source.

I enjoy coding enough that writing code can be its own reward, but writing code that no one ever sees or uses is quite boring. I'll be very glad if this little library gets some use beyond its original use case.