How to compare two dates¶
You can use built-in ISO8601DateTime
methods for that: equalsTo()
, laterThan()
, and earlierThan()
.
But, as usual, ask yourself a question what you really need. Chances are you don’t need to compare; you need a maximum or minimum date instead.
If so, I’ve got you covered: Min
and Max
are what you’re looking for:
$m =
new Max(
new Now(),
new Future(
new FromISO8601('1986-05-04 00:30:00+03'),
new NYears(34)
)
);
After you got what you need, you can proceed to textual representation. value()
method returns an ISO8601 string value.
There are fancier ways to format datetime either.