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SpanishPHP Luminova: Date & Time Task Management
Task class simplifies date and time-related tasks in Luminova applications. It offers convenient methods for checking task statuses, performing pre-expiration checks, and calculating time intervals.
The Task class is a utility class shipped with Luminova framework, designed to provide convenient methods for working with date and time-related operations in your application. By encapsulating common date and time functionality into static methods, to simplify the process of performing tasks like expiration checking, and interval calculations.
Features
Status Checking
With the isOpen and expired methods, developers can easily determine whether a task is currently open or has already expired, based on specified opening and closing times or expiration dates in a specific timezone.
Pre-Expiration Checks
The before method allows developer to perform pre-expiration checks, useful for sending notifications or taking actions before a task's expiration date.
Time Interval Calculation
Developers can leverage the passed method to determine if a certain amount of time has elapsed since a given timestamp, enhancing time-based logic and decision-making in applications.
- Class namespace:
\Luminova\Time\Task
Methods
isOpen
Check if the current time is between opening and closing times.
public static isOpen(string $openDatetime, string $closeDatetime, null|\DateTimeZone|string $timezone = 'UTC'): boolParameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
$openDatetime | string | Opening date and time (e.g., '2023-09-25 08:00AM'). |
$closeDatetime | string | Closing date and time (e.g., '2023-09-25 05:00PM'). |
$timezone | null|\DateTimeZone|string | Optional timezone string. |
Return Value:
bool - Returns true if the task is still open, false otherwise.
This utility function is useful for checking business opening and closing hours.
expired
Check if a given date and time has passed.
public static expired(string $datetime, null|\DateTimeZone|string $timezone = 'UTC'): boolParameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
$datetime | string | The expiration date and time (e.g., '2023-09-25 08:00AM'). |
$timezone | null|\DateTimeZone|string | Optional timezone string. |
Return Value:
bool - Returns true if the task has expired, false otherwise.
Useful for checking if a deal or promo code has expired.
before
Check if the given date is within a specified number of days before expiration.
public static before(string $datetime, int $days = 2, null|\DateTimeZone|string $timezone = 'UTC'): boolParameters:
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
$datetime | string | Expiration date and time (e.g., '2023-09-25 08:00AM'). |
$days | int | Number of days to check before expiration (default: 2). |
$timezone | null|\DateTimeZone|string | Optional timezone string. |
Return Value:
bool - Returns true if it's within the specified number of days before expiration.
Throws:
- \Luminova\Exceptions\InvalidArgumentException - If invalid days was passed.
This method is useful to check and send notification days before subscription expiration.