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QubusDate

Properties

timezone

TimeZone

public string|\DateTimeZone $timezone

locale

Locale

public ?string $locale

date

Date object.

public mixed $date

time

public string|int $time

Methods

__construct

Returns new Datetime object.

private __construct(string|int $time, string|\DateTimeZone|null $timezone = null, ?string $locale = null): mixed

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$time string|int
$timezone string|\DateTimeZone|null
$locale ?string

fromString

public static fromString(string|int $time, string|\DateTimeZone|null $timezone = null, ?string $locale = null): self
  • This method is static.

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$time string|int
$timezone string|\DateTimeZone|null
$locale ?string

getDate

public getDate(): mixed

setTimezone

Sets the timezone.

public setTimezone(string|\DateTimeZone $timezone): \DateTimeInterface

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$timezone string|\DateTimeZone

minuteInSeconds

Returns minute in seconds.

public static minuteInSeconds(): int
  • This method is static.

hourInSeconds

Returns hour in seconds.

public static hourInSeconds(): int
  • This method is static.

dayInSeconds

Returns day in seconds.

public static dayInSeconds(): int
  • This method is static.

weekInSeconds

Returns week in seconds.

public static weekInSeconds(): int
  • This method is static.

monthInSeconds

Returns month in seconds.

public static monthInSeconds(): int
  • This method is static.

yearInSeconds

Returns year in seconds.

public static yearInSeconds(): int
  • This method is static.

format

Formats date.

public format(string $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s'): string

This function uses the set timezone from TriTan options.

Example Usage:

 $datetime = 'May 15, 2018 2:15 PM';
 $this->format('Y-m-d H:i:s', $datetime);

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$format string Format of the date. Default is Y-m-d H:i:s.

gmtdate

Format a GMT/UTC date/time

public gmtdate(string $date = 'now', string $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s'): string

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$date string Date to be formatted. Default is now.
$format string Format of the date. Default is Y-m-d H:i:s.

Return Value:

Formatted date string.

locale

Returns the date in localized format.

public locale(): \Symfony\Contracts\Translation\LocaleAwareInterface

Return Value:

Returns current localized datetime.

db2Date

Converts given date string into a different format.

public db2Date(string $format, string $date, bool $translate = true): string|int|bool

$format should be either a PHP date format string, e.g. 'U' for a Unix timestamp, or 'G' for a Unix timestamp assuming that $date is GMT.

If $translate is true, then the given date and format string will be passed to $this->locale() for translation.

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$format string Format of the date to return.
$date string Date string to convert.
$translate bool Whether the return date should be translated. Default true.

Return Value:

Formatted date string or Unix timestamp. False if $date is empty.

current

Returns the current time based on specified type.

public current(string $type, bool $gmt = false): int|string

The 'db' type will return the time in the format for database date field(s). The 'timestamp' type will return the current timestamp. Other strings will be interpreted as PHP date formats (e.g. 'Y-m-d H:i:s').

If $gmt is set to either '1' or 'true', then both types will use GMT time. If $gmt is false, the output is adjusted with the GMT offset based on General Settings.

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$type string Type of time to return. Accepts 'db', 'timestamp', or PHP date
format string (e.g. 'Y-m-d').
$gmt bool Optional. Whether to use GMT timezone. Default false.

Return Value:

Integer if $type is 'timestamp', string otherwise.

timestampToDate

Converts timestamp to localized human-readable date.

public timestampToDate(string $format, int $timestamp): string

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$format string PHP date format string (e.g. 'Y-m-d').
$timestamp int Timestamp to convert.

Return Value:

Localized human readable date.

timeAgo

Prints elapsed time based on datetime.

public timeAgo(int $original): string

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$original int

Automatically generated on 2025-10-13