DateTime::setTimestamp
date_timestamp_set
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DateTime::setTimestamp -- date_timestamp_set — Sets the date and time based on an Unix timestamp
Description
Object-oriented style
public DateTime::setTimestamp(int $timestamp): DateTime
Procedural style
date_timestamp_set(DateTime $object, int $timestamp): DateTime
Sets the date and time based on an Unix timestamp.
Parameters
-
object
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Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.
-
timestamp
-
Unix timestamp representing the date. Setting timestamps outside the range of int is possible by using DateTime::modify() with the
@
format.
Return Values
Returns the DateTime object for method chaining or false
on failure.
Examples
Example #1 DateTime::setTimestamp() example
Object-oriented style
<?php $date = new DateTime(); echo $date->format('U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n"; $date->setTimestamp(1171502725); echo $date->format('U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n"; ?>
Procedural style
<?php $date = date_create(); echo date_format($date, 'U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n"; date_timestamp_set($date, 1171502725); echo date_format($date, 'U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n"; ?>
The above examples will output something similar to:
1272508903 = 2010-04-28 22:41:43 1171502725 = 2007-02-14 20:25:25
See Also
- DateTime::getTimestamp() - Gets the Unix timestamp
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