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

PHP documentation clearly says "Note that date() will always generate 000000 since it takes an integer parameter...". If you want a quick replacement for date() function use below function:

function date_with_micro($format, $timestamp = null) {
    if (is_null($timestamp) || $timestamp === false) {
        $timestamp = microtime(true);
    }
    $timestamp_int = (int) floor($timestamp);
    $microseconds = (int) round(($timestamp - floor($timestamp)) * 1000000.0, 0);
    $format_with_micro = str_replace("u", $microseconds, $format);
    return date($format_with_micro, $timestamp_int);
}

(available as gist here: date_with_micro.php)