The DateTime class
Introduction
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
This class behaves the same as DateTimeImmutable except objects are modified itself when modification methods such as DateTime::modify() are called.
Class synopsis
class DateTime
implements DateTimeInterface {
/* Inherited constants */
/* Methods */
public add(DateInterval $interval): DateTime
public static createFromFormat(string $format, string $datetime, ?DateTimeZone $timezone = null): DateTime|false
public static createFromImmutable(DateTimeImmutable $object): DateTime
public static createFromInterface(DateTimeInterface $object): DateTime
public static getLastErrors(): array|false
public modify(string $modifier): DateTime|false
public static __set_state(array $array): DateTime
public setDate(int $year, int $month, int $day): DateTime
public setISODate(int $year, int $week, int $dayOfWeek = 1): DateTime
public setTime( int $hour, int $minute, int $second = 0, int $microsecond = 0 ): DateTime
public setTimestamp(int $timestamp): DateTime
public setTimezone(DateTimeZone $timezone): DateTime
public sub(DateInterval $interval): DateTime
public diff(DateTimeInterface $targetObject, bool $absolute = false): DateInterval
public format(string $format): string
public getOffset(): int
public getTimestamp(): int
public getTimezone(): DateTimeZone|false
public __wakeup(): void}
Changelog
Version | Description |
---|---|
7.2.0 | The class constants of DateTime are now defined on DateTimeInterface. |
Table of Contents
- DateTime::add — Adds an amount of days, months, years, hours, minutes and seconds to a DateTime object
- DateTime::__construct — Returns new DateTime object
- DateTime::createFromFormat — Parses a time string according to a specified format
- DateTime::createFromImmutable — Returns new DateTime object encapsulating the given DateTimeImmutable object
- DateTime::createFromInterface — Returns new DateTime object encapsulating the given DateTimeInterface object
- DateTime::getLastErrors — Returns the warnings and errors
- DateTime::modify — Alters the timestamp
- DateTime::__set_state — The __set_state handler
- DateTime::setDate — Sets the date
- DateTime::setISODate — Sets the ISO date
- DateTime::setTime — Sets the time
- DateTime::setTimestamp — Sets the date and time based on an Unix timestamp
- DateTime::setTimezone — Sets the time zone for the DateTime object
- DateTime::sub — Subtracts an amount of days, months, years, hours, minutes and seconds from a DateTime object
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