It fixes several bugs:
- Fixed bug #45554 (Inconsistent behavior of the u format char).
- Fixed bug #48225 (DateTime parser doesn't set microseconds for "now").
- Fixed bug #52514 (microseconds are missing in DateTime class).
- Fixed bug #52519 (microseconds in DateInterval are missing).
- Fixed bug #68506 (General DateTime improvments needed for microseconds to become useful).
- Fixed bug #73109 (timelib_meridian doesn't parse dots correctly).
- Fixed bug #73247 (DateTime constructor does not initialise microseconds property).
It also updates timelib to 2016.04, and updates a data mapping file, which
causes changes to the volatile abbreviations tests.
. support for diffing date/times through date_diff() / DateTime::diff().
. added DateInterval class to represent the difference between two date/times.
. support for parsing ISO intervals for use with DateInterval.
. date_add() / DateTime::add(), date_sub() / DateTime::sub() for applying an
interval to an existing date/time.
- MFH: Fixed bug #44742 (timezone_offset_get() causes segmentation faults).
* date_parse_from_format(): Parse date/time strings according to a format.
* date_create_from_format()/DateTime::createFromFormat(): Create a date/time
object by parsing a date/time string according to a given format.
* date_get_last_errors()/DateTime::getLastErrors(): Return a list of warnings
and errors that were found while parsing a date/time string through:
- strtotime() / new DateTime
- date_create_from_format() / DateTime::createFromFormat()
- date_parse_from_format()
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identifiers). (Derick)
- MFH: Fixed bug #36988 (mktime freezes on long numbers). (Derick)
- MFH: Implemented better error and warning handling that is also used for the
date_parse() function.
- MFH: Fixed problems with "T" in front of a time string was seen as a time
zone string.
- MFH: Fixed a problem were 5 and 6 character timezone abbreviations where not
correctly parsed.
Experimental support (All MFH):
- Added the date_parse() function that returns a parsed date/time string
including warnings and errors.
- Added the timezone_name_from_abbr() function that exposes the guessing
mechanism that tries to find a timezone identifier from a timezone
abbreviation and GMT offset.
