date_create_from_format

Alias for DateTime::createFromFormat - parsing datetime strings based on the given format

Name:date_create_from_format

Category:Date and time

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Returns a new DateTime object formatted according to the specified format.

Definition and usage

The date_create_from_format() function returns a new DateTime object formatted according to the specified format.

Returns a new DateTime object formatted according to the specified format:

 <?php
$date = date_create_from_format ( "jMY" , "25-Sep-2016" ) ;
?>

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 date_create_from_format ( format , time , timezone ) ;

parameter	describe
format	Required. Specify the format to be used. The following characters can be used for the format parameter string: d - What day of the month, with leading zero j - What day of the month, without leading zeros D - One day of the week (Mon - Sun) I - One day of the week (Monday - Sunday) S - English suffix for the day of the month (st, nd, rd, th) F - Month Name (January - December) M - Month Name (Jan - Dec) m - Month (01 - 12) n - Month (1 - 12) Y - Year (e.g. 2013) y - Year (e.g. 13) a and A - am or pm g - 12-hour system without leading zeros h - 12-hour system with leading zeros G - 24-hour system without leading zeros H - 24-hour system with leading zero i - points, with leading zero s - seconds, with leading zeros u - microseconds (up to six numbers) e, O, P, and T - time zone identifiers U - Number of seconds since the Unix Era (Space) # - One of the following delimiters: ;,:,/,.,, -, (,) ? - A random byte * - Random bytes until next separated/number ! - Reset all fields to Unix Era \| - If all fields have not been parsed yet, reset all fields to Unix epoch + - If present, trailing data in the string will cause a warning, not an error
time	Required. Specify date/time string. NULL Indicates the current date/time.
timezone	Optional. Specify the time zone. Default is the current time zone.

parameter

describe

format

Required. Specify the format to be used. The following characters can be used for the format parameter string: