Bug: Time loses microseconds

[wkolaczek]

PHP Version

8.2

CodeIgniter4 Version

4.5.3

CodeIgniter4 Installation Method

Composer (using codeigniter4/appstarter)

Which operating systems have you tested for this bug?

Windows

Which server did you use?

apache

Database

MariaDB 10.4

What happened?

Second's fractional part of datetime is lost when casting filelds with 'datetime[ms|us]'.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Create a table with DATETIME(6) field, and fill a record there e.g. "2024-07-09 09:13:34.123567".
2. Create Model class with

protected array $casts  = ['my_dt_field' => 'datetime[us]' ];

4. Load the record and see the value of 'my_dt_field'. It's "2024-07-09 09:13:34.000000'

Expected Output

When using 'datetime[ms|us]' caster, the fractional part shouldn't be lost.

Anything else?

The problem is with hardcoded formats in \CodeIgniter\I18n\TimeTrait used by DatetimeCast. They completly ignore the fractional part.
DatetimeCast::get() uses it, which gives wrong results here:

return Time::createFromFormat($format, $value);

The fractional part is kept, when raw DateTime clasess are used. This code doesn't lose anything:

$dt = DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat("Y-m-d H:i:s.u", "2024-07-09 09:13:34.123567");

Perhaps I18n isn't valid in the entity/model/data layer, when dealing with datetime values. We should leave it rather to the UI layer of the app. Floats do it right: no I18n when casting = no problems with separators and fractional part lost, users can choose what they see.

[kenjis]

Thank you for reporting.
Please try #9081

[wkolaczek]

Works like a charm. That was pretty fast. Thanks a lot!
:)

[ddevsr]

@wkolaczek This issue automatically close when PR merged

[kenjis]

@wkolaczek Updated #9081 to fix other cases. Supporting microseconds in Time is more difficult than what I expected.
If you still find any bug, feel free to report.

[wkolaczek]

Hi, thanks for looking at it. There is still a bug in the opposite direction - when storing records in db which should have datetime[us] the TimeTrais::_toString() just formats it as "Y-m-d H:i:s", so fractional part is lost when generating SQL. I've fixed it in my code temporarily in DataCaster\Cast\DatetimeCast.php

    public static function set(
        mixed $value,
        array $params = [],
        ?object $helper = null
    ): string {
        if (! $value instanceof Time) {
            self::invalidTypeValueError($value);
        }

        if (! $helper instanceof BaseConnection) {
            $message = 'The parameter $helper must be BaseConnection.';

            throw new InvalidArgumentException($message);
        }

        $format = match ($params[0] ?? '') {
            ''      => $helper->dateFormat['datetime'],
            'ms'    => $helper->dateFormat['datetime-ms'],
            'us'    => $helper->dateFormat['datetime-us'],
            default => throw new InvalidArgumentException('Invalid parameter: ' . $params[0]),
        };

        return $value->format($format);
    }

but you need to check if that's the proper way of handling it...

[wkolaczek]

I've tested few more cases, and perhaps this needs to be addressed in the docs:

$now = \CodeIgniter\I18n\Time::now();
model('SomeModel')->where('my_dt_field', $now)->findAll();
echo $now->format("Y-m-d H:i:s.u"); // Outputs: 2024-07-28 18:57:58.900326
echo model("SomeModel")->db->getLastQuery(); // Outputs: SELECT * FROM `my_table` WHERE `my_dt_field` = '2024-07-28 18:57:58'

it seems like a proper way is to handle it in the app layer with
->where('my_dt_field', $now->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u'))
as Model's casting feature is just Model's, not related to query builder...

[kenjis]

Fixed DatetimeCast::set() and added notes to the docs. #9081

[kenjis]

This will be fixed in v4.6.0 by #9081.