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Example
Return a new DateTime object formatted according to the specified format:
<?php
$date=date_create_from_format("j-M-Y","15-Mar-2013");
?>
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Definition and Usage
The date_create_from_format() function returns a new DateTime object formatted according to
the specified format.
Syntax
date_create_from_format(format,time,timezone);
| Parameter |
Description |
| format |
Required. Specifies the format to use. The following characters can be
used in the format parameter string:
- d - Day of the month; with leading zeros
- j - Day of the month; without leading zeros
- D - Day of the month (Mon - Sun)
- l - Day of the month (Monday - Sunday)
- S - English suffix for day of the month (st, nd, rd, th)
- F - Monthname (January - December)
- M - Monthname (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 format without leading zeros
- G - 24 hour format without leading zeros
- h - 12 hour format with leading zeros
- H - 24 hour format with leading zeros
- i - Minutes with leading zeros
- s - Seconds with leading zeros
- u - Microseconds (up to six digits)
- e, O, P and T - Timezone identifier
- U - Seconds since Unix Epoch
- (space)
- # - One of the following separation symbol: ;,:,/,.,,,-,(,)
- ? - A random byte
- * - Rondom bytes until next separator/digit
- ! - Resets all fields to Unix Epoch
- | - Resets all fields to Unix Epoch if they have not been parsed yet
- + - If present, trailing data in the string will cause a warning,
not an error
|
| time |
Required. Specifies a date/time string. NULL indicates the current date/time |
| timezone |
Optional. Specifies the timezone of time. Default is the
current timezone |
Technical Details
| Return Value: |
Returns a new DateTime object on success. FALSE on failure |
| PHP Version: |
5.3+ |
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