PHP DateTime microseconds always returns 0

Question

this code always returns 0 in PHP 5.2.5 for microseconds:

format(\"Y-m-d\\TH:i:s.u\") . \"\\n\";
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Answer 1

This should be the most flexible and precise:

function udate($format, $timestamp=null) {
    if (!isset($timestamp)) $timestamp = microtime();
    // microtime(true)
    if (count($t = explode(" ", $timestamp)) == 1) {
        list($timestamp, $usec) = explode(".", $timestamp);
        $usec = "." . $usec;
    }
    // microtime (much more precise)
    else {
        $usec = $t[0];
        $timestamp = $t[1];
    }
    // 7 decimal places for "u" is maximum
    $date = new DateTime(date('Y-m-d H:i:s' . substr(sprintf('%.7f', $usec), 1), $timestamp));
    return $date->format($format);
}
echo udate("Y-m-d\TH:i:s.u") . "\n";
echo udate("Y-m-d\TH:i:s.u", microtime(true)) . "\n";
echo udate("Y-m-d\TH:i:s.u", microtime()) . "\n";
/* returns:
2015-02-14T14:10:30.472647
2015-02-14T14:10:30.472700
2015-02-14T14:10:30.472749
*/