PHP dateTime::createFromFormat Examples

Programming Language: PHP

Class/Type: dateTime

Method/Function: createFromFormat

Examples at hotexamples.com: 2

The DateTime createFromFormat is a built-in function in PHP that creates a new DateTime object from the given format and date string. The function takes two parameters: $format specifies the format of the date and $date_string specifies the date to be parsed in the specified format.

Example 1: Creating DateTime object from a date string in the format "Y-m-d"

$date_string = '2021-10-31';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $date_string);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d'); // Output: 2021-10-31

Example 2: Creating DateTime object from a date string in the format "d/m/Y H:i:s"

$date_string = '31/10/2021 12:30:00';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d/m/Y H:i:s', $date_string);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // Output: 2021-10-31 12:30:00

Example 3: Creating DateTime object from a date string in the format "Ymd"

$date_string = '20211031';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $date_string);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d'); // Output: 2021-10-31

The DateTime createFromFormat function is a part of the PHP DateTime class, which is a part of the PHP standard library.

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format(18)

getTimestamp(4)

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Example #1

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File: Datetime.php Project: ronlobo/rapyd-laravel

 /**
  * convert from current user format to iso datetime
  */
 protected function humandatetimeToIso($humandatetime)
 {
     $datetime = \dateTime::createFromFormat($this->format, $humandatetime);
     if (!$datetime) {
         return '';
     }
     $timestamp = $datetime->getTimestamp();
     if ($timestamp < 1) {
         return "";
     }
     $humandatetime = date($this->store_as, $timestamp);
     return $humandatetime;
 }

Example #2

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File: mysqlDateTime.php Project: atoum/atoum

 public function setWith($value, $checkType = true)
 {
     $phpDate = \dateTime::createFromFormat(self::mysqlDateTimeFormat, $value);
     if ($phpDate !== false) {
         parent::setWith($phpDate, $checkType);
     } else {
         parent::setWith($value, false);
         if ($checkType === true) {
             $this->fail($this->_('%s is not in format Y-m-d H:i:s', $this));
         }
     }
     return $this;
 }