DateTimeConverter.php

<?php
namespace BLEICKER\ArtManager\Structure\Property\TypeConverter;

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use TYPO3\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
use TYPO3\Flow\Property\TypeConverter\DateTimeConverter as OriginDateTimeConverter;

/**
 * @Flow\Scope("singleton")
 */
class DateTimeConverter extends OriginDateTimeConverter {

	/**
	 * @var integer
	 */
	protected $priority = 100;

	/**
	 * Converts $source to a \DateTime using the configured dateFormat
	 * Proves that any DateTime receives the phps ini default timezone to work internaly allways with the same timezone
	 * because persistence does not have any TimeZone informations
	 *
	 * @param string|integer|array $source the string to be converted to a \DateTime object
	 * @param string $targetType must be "DateTime"
	 * @param array $convertedChildProperties not used currently
	 * @param \TYPO3\Flow\Property\PropertyMappingConfigurationInterface $configuration
	 * @return \DateTime
	 * @throws \TYPO3\Flow\Property\Exception\TypeConverterException
	 */
	public function convertFrom($source, $targetType, array $convertedChildProperties = array(), \TYPO3\Flow\Property\PropertyMappingConfigurationInterface $configuration = NULL) {
		$dateTime = parent::convertFrom($source, $targetType, $convertedChildProperties, $configuration);
		if ($dateTime instanceof \DateTime) {
			$dateTime->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone(ini_get('date.timezone')));
		}
		return $dateTime;
	}
}