DATETIME.FORMAT(3) 1 DATETIME.FORMAT(3)DateTime::format - Returns date formatted according to given format
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
public string DateTime::format (string $format)
DESCRIPTION
string DateTimeImmutable::format (string $format) string DateTimeInterface::format (string $format)
Procedural style
string date_format (DateTimeInterface $object, string $format)
Returns date formatted according to given format.
PARAMETERS
o $object
-Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(3)
o $format
- Format accepted by date(3).
RETURN VALUES
Returns the formatted date string on success or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
DateTime.format(3) example
Object oriented style
<?php
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>
Procedural style
<?php
$date = date_create('2000-01-01');
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>
The above example will output:
2000-01-01 00:00:00
NOTES
This method does not use locales. All output is in English.
SEE ALSO date(3).
PHP Documentation Group DATETIME.FORMAT(3)
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DATETIME.ADD(3) 1 DATETIME.ADD(3)DateTime::add - Adds an amount of days, months, years, hours, minutes and seconds to a DateTime object
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
public DateTime DateTime::add (DateInterval $interval)
DESCRIPTION
Procedural style
DateTime date_add (DateTime $object, DateInterval $interval)
Adds the specified DateInterval object to the specified DateTime object.
PARAMETERS
o $object
-Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(3). The function modifies this object.
o $interval
- A DateInterval object
RETURN VALUES
Returns the DateTime object for method chaining or FALSE on failure.
EXAMPLES
Example #1
DateTime.add(3) example
Object oriented style
<?php
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
$date->add(new DateInterval('P10D'));
echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "
";
?>
Procedural style
<?php
$date = date_create('2000-01-01');
date_add($date, date_interval_create_from_date_string('10 days'));
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d');
?>
The above examples will output:
2000-01-11
Example #2
Further DateTime.add(3) examples
<?php
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
$date->add(new DateInterval('PT10H30S'));
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "
";
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
$date->add(new DateInterval('P7Y5M4DT4H3M2S'));
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "
";
?>
The above example will output:
2000-01-01 10:00:30
2007-06-05 04:03:02
Example #3
Beware when adding months
<?php
$date = new DateTime('2000-12-31');
$interval = new DateInterval('P1M');
$date->add($interval);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "
";
$date->add($interval);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "
";
?>
The above example will output:
2001-01-31
2001-03-03
NOTES DateTime.modify(3) is an alternative when using PHP 5.2.
SEE ALSO DateTime.sub(3), DateTime.diff(3), DateTime.modify(3).
PHP Documentation Group DATETIME.ADD(3)
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