/**
* Convert string to DateTime
*
* @param string $value
* @param bool $midnight
* @return DateTime
*/
public static function createFromFormat($value, $format, $midnight = TRUE)
{
if ($value === null) {
$now = new \DateTime();
//because of php 5.3 I have to split it to two lines.
$dt = $now->setTimestamp(0);
//oldest date
} else {
$dt = date_create_from_format($format, $value);
}
if ($midnight) {
$dt->setTime(0, 0, 0);
}
return $dt;
}
