This Field Type makes possible to store and retrieve time information.
Date information is not stored.
What is stored is the number of seconds, calculated from the beginning of the day in the given or the environment timezone.
Input expectations
If input value is of type string or integer, it will be passed directly to the PHP's built-in \DateTime class constructor, therefore the same input format expectations apply.
It is also possible to directly pass an instance of \DateTime.
Type
Example
string
"2012-08-28 12:20 Europe/Berlin"
integer
1346149200
\DateTime
new \DateTime()
Value object
Properties
The Value class of this field type contains the following properties:
Property
Type
Description
$time
integer|null
Holds the time information as a number of seconds since the beginning of the day.
Constructor
The constructor for this value object will initialize a new Value object with the value provided. It accepts an integer representing the number of seconds since the beginning of the day.
String representation
String representation of the date value will generate the date string in the format "H:i:s" as accepted by PHP's built-in date() function.
Example:
"12:14:56"
Hash format
Value in hash format is an integer representing a number of seconds since the beginning of the day.
Example:
36000
Validation
This Field Type does not perform validation of the input value.
Settings
The field definition of this Field Type can be configured with several options:
Name
Type
Default value
Description
useSeconds
boolean
false
Used to control displaying of seconds in the output.
defaultType
Type::DEFAULT_EMPTY Type::DEFAULT_CURRENT_TIME
Type::DEFAULT_EMPTY
The constant used here defines default input value when using administration interface.
