DateTime/DateTimeImmutable->getMicrosecond returns integer values, while leading zeroes matter

[vuryss]

Description

The following code:

<?php

echo DateTime::createFromTimestamp(1743060675.001)->getMicrosecond()

Resulted in this output:

1000

But I expected this output instead:

001000

When we refer to any number that is supposed to be after the decimal point, leading zeroes matter. In this case because the method returns int, it strips any leading zeroes, making this method around 1 out of 10 times to return incorrect value.

PHP Version

8.4

Operating System

No response

[iluuu1994]

Hi @vuryss. There is no such thing as leading zeros in integers. The returned values are not fractions, and your expectation that you can just append them after a decimal point (especially as strings) is not correct. If for some reason you want to construct this string yourself (which you probably shouldn't), you can use str_pad().

https://3v4l.org/AGTZq#v8.4.5

[vuryss]

Hi @vuryss. There is no such thing as leading zeros in integers. The returned values are not fractions, and your expectation that you can just append them after a decimal point (especially as strings) is not correct. If for some reason you want to construct this string yourself (which you probably shouldn't), you can use str_pad().

https://3v4l.org/AGTZq#v8.4.5

Ok I think I see your point and we did not use it correctly in this case. Closing this issue.

[iluuu1994]

No worries, thanks for getting back to us so quickly!