/**
* Helper function to create a HabariDateTime object for the given
* time and timezone. If no time is given, defaults to 'now'. If no
* timezone given defaults to timezone set in {@link set_default_timezone()}
*
* @static
* @see DateTime::__construct()
* @param string $time String in a format accepted by
* {@link http://ca.php.net/strtotime strtotime()}, defaults to "now".
* @param string $timezone A timezone name, not an abbreviation.
*/
public static function date_create( $time = null, $timezone = null )
{
if ( $time instanceOf HabariDateTime ) {
return $time;
}
elseif ( $time instanceOf DateTime ) {
$time = $time->format( 'U' );
}
elseif ( $time === null ) {
$time = 'now';
}
elseif ( is_numeric( $time ) ) {
$time = '@' . $time;
}
if ( $timezone === null ) {
$timezone = self::$default_timezone;
}
// passing the timezone to construct doesn't seem to do anything.
$datetime = new HabariDateTime( $time );
$datetime->set_timezone( $timezone );
return $datetime;
}
