date_create()
The date_create() function creates a new DateTime object based on a formatted date-time string passed to it, along with an optional timezone.
Syntax
date_create($datetime, $timezone)Where $datetime is a string with a formatted date-time value. And $timezone is an optional DateTimeZone object. If omitted, the current timezone will be used.
Valid date-time formats for $datetime include the following:
Time Formats
| Description | Examples |
|---|---|
| 12 Hour AM/PM | “1 am”, “12P.M.” |
| 12 Hour, Minutes, AM/PM | “1:27 am”, “12:35P.M.” |
| 12 Hour, Minutes, Seconds, AM/PM | “1:27:16 am”, “12:35:08P.M.” |
| 24 Hour, Minutes | “01:27”, “12.35”, “T19:43” |
| 24 Hour, Minutes w/o colon | “0127”, “t1235”, “T1943” |
| 24 Hour, Minutes, Seconds | “01.27.15”, “T19:43:12” |
| 24 Hour, Minutes, Seconds w/o colon | “012715”, “T194512” |
Date Formats
| Description | Examples |
|---|---|
| Month, Day | “6/13”, “12/31” |
| Month, Day, Year | “7/4/76”, “01/01/2001” |
| Four Digit Year, Month, Day | “1976/7/4”, “2001/01/01” |
| Four Digit Year, Month, Day | “1976-7-4”, “2001-01-01” |
| Four Digit Year, Month | “1976-7”,”2001-01” |
| Day, Month, Four Digit Year | “31-12-2011”, “04.07.1976” |
| Day, Text Month, Year | “4 Jul 1976”,”31DEC11” |
| Text Month, Four Digit Year | “July 1976”, “DEC 2011” |
| Four Digit Year, Text Month | “1976 July”, “2011 DEC” |
| Text Month, Day | “July 4”, “DEC 31” |
| Day, Text Month | “4 July”, “31 DEC” |
| Month Abbreviation, Day, Year | “Jul-4-76”, “Dec-31-2011” |
| Year, Month Abbreviation, Day | “76-Jul-04”, “2001-DEC-31” |
Compound Formats
| Description | Example |
|---|---|
| EXIF | “2011:12:31 15:25:27” |
| MySQL | “2011-12-31 15:25:27” |
| SOAP | “2011-12-31T15:25:27.05” |
| XMLRPC | “20111231T15:25:27” |
| WDDX | “2011-12-31T15:25:27” |
Codebyte Example
The example below creates DateTime objects using two different string formats.
