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Doctrine DateTimeImmutable types

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Doctrine DBAL DateTimeImmutable Types
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[](#doctrine-dbal-datetimeimmutable-types)

> In [Doctrine DBAL 2.6](https://github.com/doctrine/dbal/releases/tag/v2.6.0) immutable DateTime types were added, so if you are using that version or newer, you no longer need this package. If you cannot use that version (it requires PHP 7.1), keep using this package (you can find even PHP 5.6 version in the older versions).

### Why would I want to use immutable types?

[](#why-would-i-want-to-use-immutable-types)

All Doctrine date/time based types are using `DateTime` instances, which are mutable. This can lead to breaking encapsulation and therefore bugs. For two reasons:

1. You accidentally modify a date when you are doing some computation on it:

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