PHP date_sub()

The date_sub() function subtracts a number of days, months, years, hours, minutes and seconds from a given date.

Syntax

date_sub($object, $interval)

The date_sub() function has two required parameters:

• $object: This parameter specifies the DateTime object returned by date_create().
• $interval: This parameter specifies the DateInterval object to be subtracted.

The date_sub() function returns a DateTime object after subtracting the interval.

Example

The following example uses the date_sub() function to subtract 30 days from the passed date:

<?php
    $date = date_create("2023-03-03");
    date_sub($date, date_interval_create_from_date_string("30 days"));
    echo date_format($date, "Y-m-d");
?>

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The example will result in the following output:

2023-02-01

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