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sllh/doctrine-dbal-utc-datetime
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UTC DateTime type for Doctrine DBAL

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Doctrine DBAL UTC DateTime
==========================

[](#doctrine-dbal-utc-datetime)

UTC DateTime type for Doctrine DBAL.

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Why this DBAL Type?
-------------------

[](#why-this-dbal-type)

This special type allow you to be sure to **always** save any DateTime to the UTC format.

The goal is to get rid of the quite hazardous timezone management of many database vendors.

For more information, please read the [official Doctrine wiki page](http://docs.doctrine-project.org/projects/doctrine-orm/en/latest/cookbook/working-with-datetime.html#handling-different-timezones-with-the-datetime-type), where this class come from.

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

First of all, you need to require this library through composer:

```
composer require sllh/doctrine-dbal-utc-datetime
```

Then, replace the default `datetime` and `datetimetz` DBAL types:

```
use Doctrine\DBAL\Types\Type;
use SLLH\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\UTCDateTimeType;

Type::overrideType('datetime', UTCDateTimeType::class);
Type::overrideType('datetimetz', UTCDateTimeType::class);
```

If you are using [Symfony](http://symfony.com/), you can override the type trough the `config.yml` file:

```
doctrine:
    dbal:
        types:
            datetime: SLLH\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\UTCDateTimeType
            datetimetz: SLLH\Doctrine\DBAL\Types\UTCDateTimeType
```

And voilà! You are good to go. Happy coding!

License
-------

[](#license)

This bundle is under the MIT license. See the complete license on the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file.

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