DateTime::createFromFormat
date_create_from_format
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)
DateTime::createFromFormat -- date_create_from_format — Parses a time string according to a specified format
Description
Object-oriented style
$format
, string $datetime
, ?DateTimeZone $timezone
= null
): DateTime|falseProcedural style
$format
, string $datetime
, ?DateTimeZone $timezone
= null
): DateTime|false
Returns a new DateTime object representing the date and time specified by the
datetime
string, which was formatted in the given
format
.
Like DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat() but creates an DateTime object.
The procedural version takes the DateTime object as its first argument.
Parameters
Return Values
Returns a new DateTime instance or false
on failure.
See Also
- DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat() - Parses a time string according to a specified format