Add nextOccurrenceOf() and previousOccurrenceOf() methods #496
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Summary
Adds two new methods to
Chronosthat solve the problem of constructing a relative date that always points to the next (or previous) future occurrence of a specific day and time.Problem
As described in #406, PHP's relative date parsing with
nextonly considers the date, not the time:There's no way to get "the next future occurrence of Tuesday 12pm" that returns today if it's before noon, or next week if it's after noon.
Solution
Two new methods:
nextOccurrenceOf(int $dayOfWeek, int $hour, int $minute, int $second)- Returns the next future occurrence, considering both day and timepreviousOccurrenceOf(int $dayOfWeek, int $hour, int $minute, int $second)- Returns the most recent past occurrenceBehavior at exact time
When the current time matches exactly,
nextOccurrenceOfreturns next week andpreviousOccurrenceOfreturns last week (strict comparison, not inclusive).Discussion Points
nextOccurrenceOfvsnextOrSameor something shorter?greaterThanOrEquals?Related to #406
Test plan