Docs For Class PelEntryTime

Description

Class for holding a date and time.

This class can hold a timestamp, and it will be used as in this example where the time is advanced by one week:

$entry = $ifd->getEntry(PelTag::DATE_TIME_ORIGINAL);
$time = $entry->getValue();
print('The image was taken on the ' . date($time, 'jS'));
$entry->setValue($time + 7 * 24 * 3600);

The example used a standard UNIX timestamp, which is the default for this class.

But the Exif format defines dates outside the range of a UNIX timestamp (about 1970 to 2038) and so you can also get access to the timestamp in two other formats: a simple string or a Julian Day Count. Please see the Calendar extension in the PHP Manual for more information about the Julian Day Count.

author: Martin Geisler <mgeisler@users.sourceforge.net>

Located in /PelEntryAscii.php (line 172)

PelEntry
   |
   --PelEntryAscii
      |
      --PelEntryTime

Class Constant Summary

EXIF_STRING = 2

JULIAN_DAY_COUNT = 3

UNIX_TIMESTAMP = 1

Method Summary

PelEntryTime __construct (int $tag, int $timestamp, [int $type = self::UNIX_TIMESTAMP])

int getValue ([int $type = self::UNIX_TIMESTAMP])

void setValue (int $timestamp, [int $type = self::UNIX_TIMESTAMP])

Variables

Inherited Variables

Inherited from PelEntry

PelEntry::$bytes
PelEntry::$components
PelEntry::$format
PelEntry::$ifd_type
PelEntry::$tag

Methods

Constructor __construct (line 232)

Make a new entry for holding a timestamp.

PelEntryTime __construct (int $tag, int $timestamp, [int $type = self::UNIX_TIMESTAMP])

int $tag: the Exif tag which this entry represents. There are only three standard tags which hold timestamp, so this should be one of the constants PelTag::DATE_TIME, PelTag::DATE_TIME_ORIGINAL, or PelTag::DATE_TIME_DIGITIZED.
int $timestamp: the timestamp held by this entry in the correct form as indicated by the third argument. For UNIX_TIMESTAMP this is an integer counting the number of seconds since January 1st 1970, for EXIF_STRING this is a string of the form 'YYYY:MM:DD hh:mm:ss', and for JULIAN_DAY_COUNT this is a floating point number where the integer part denotes the day count and the fractional part denotes the time of day (0.25 means 6:00, 0.75 means 18:00).
int $type: the type of the timestamp. This must be one of UNIX_TIMESTAMP, EXIF_STRING, or JULIAN_DAY_COUNT.

Redefinition of:

PelEntryAscii::__construct(): Make a new PelEntry that can hold an ASCII string.

getValue (line 258)

Return the timestamp of the entry.

The timestamp held by this entry is returned in one of three formats: as a standard UNIX timestamp (default), as a fractional Julian Day Count, or as a string.

return: the timestamp held by this entry in the correct form as indicated by the type argument. For UNIX_TIMESTAMP this is an integer counting the number of seconds since January 1st 1970, for EXIF_STRING this is a string of the form 'YYYY:MM:DD hh:mm:ss', and for JULIAN_DAY_COUNT this is a floating point number where the integer part denotes the day count and the fractional part denotes the time of day (0.25 means 6:00, 0.75 means 18:00).

int getValue ([int $type = self::UNIX_TIMESTAMP])

int $type: the type of the timestamp. This must be one of UNIX_TIMESTAMP, EXIF_STRING, or JULIAN_DAY_COUNT.

Redefinition of:

PelEntryAscii::getValue(): Return the ASCII string of the entry.

setValue (line 310)

Update the timestamp held by this entry.

todo: How to deal with timezones? Use the TimeZoneOffset tag 0x882A?

void setValue (int $timestamp, [int $type = self::UNIX_TIMESTAMP])

int $timestamp: the timestamp held by this entry in the correct form as indicated by the third argument. For UNIX_TIMESTAMP this is an integer counting the number of seconds since January 1st 1970, for EXIF_STRING this is a string of the form 'YYYY:MM:DD hh:mm:ss', and for JULIAN_DAY_COUNT this is a floating point number where the integer part denotes the day count and the fractional part denotes the time of day (0.25 means 6:00, 0.75 means 18:00).
int $type: the type of the timestamp. This must be one of UNIX_TIMESTAMP, EXIF_STRING, or JULIAN_DAY_COUNT.

Redefinition of:

PelEntryAscii::setValue(): Give the entry a new ASCII value.

Inherited Methods

Inherited From PelEntryAscii

PelEntryAscii::__construct()
PelEntryAscii::getText()
PelEntryAscii::getValue()
PelEntryAscii::setValue()

Inherited From PelEntry

PelEntry::getBytes()
PelEntry::getComponents()
PelEntry::getFormat()
PelEntry::getIfdType()
PelEntry::getTag()
PelEntry::getText()
PelEntry::getValue()
PelEntry::setIfdType()
PelEntry::setValue()
PelEntry::__toString()

Class Constants

EXIF_STRING = 2 (line 181)

Constant denoting a Exif string.

JULIAN_DAY_COUNT = 3 (line 185)

Constant denoting a Julian Day Count.

UNIX_TIMESTAMP = 1 (line 177)

Constant denoting a UNIX timestamp.