Example
Return a new DateTime object created from a string formatted according to the specified format.
<?php
$date=date_create_from_format(“j-M-Y”,“15-Mar-2013”);
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Definition and Usage
The date_create_from_format() function returns a new DateTime object based on the specified format.
Syntax
| date_create_from_format(format, time, timezone) |
Parameter Values
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Parameter
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Description
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format
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Required. Specifies the format to use. The format parameter string can include the following characters:
- d – Day of the month with leading zeros
- j – Day of the month without leading zeros
- D – Abbreviated weekday name (e.g., Mon, Tue)
- l – Full weekday name (e.g., Monday, Tuesday)
- S – English suffix for the day of the month (e.g., st, nd, rd, th)
- F – Full month name (e.g., January, February)
- M – Abbreviated month name (e.g., Jan, Feb)
- m – Month with leading zeros (01-12)
- n – Month without leading zeros (1-12)
- Y – Full year (e.g., 2013)
- y – Two-digit year (e.g., 13)
- a and A – am or pm
- g – 12-hour format without leading zeros
- G – 24-hour format without leading zeros
- h – 12-hour format with leading zeros
- H – 24-hour format with leading zeros
- i – Minutes with leading zeros
- s – Seconds with leading zeros
- u – Microseconds (up to six digits)
- e, O, P, and T – Timezone identifier
- U – Seconds since Unix Epoch
- (space)
- # – One of the following separators: ;, :, /, ., ,, -, (, )
- ? – A random byte
- * – Random bytes until the next separator or digit
- ! – Resets all fields to Unix Epoch
- | – Resets all fields to Unix Epoch if they haven’t been parsed yet
- + – If present, trailing data in the string will cause a warning rather than an error
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time
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Required. Specifies a date/time string. If NULL, the current date/time is used.
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timezone
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Optional. Specifies the timezone for the time. Defaults to the current timezone.
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Technical Details
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Return Value:
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Returns a new DateTime object on success; FALSE on failure.
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PHP Version:
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5.3+
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