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How to Use the PHP DateTime Class Instead of the PHP Date Function
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| <!DOCTYPE html> | |
| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <meta charset="UTF-8"> | |
| <title>Manipulating PHP DateTime</title> | |
| </head> | |
| <body> | |
| <h1>Working With DateTime Extension (PHP 5.2+)</h1> | |
| <h4>Defaults to the time now and is an object:</h4> | |
| <?php $date = new DateTime(); print_r($date); ?><br> | |
| <?php echo $date->date; ?><br> | |
| <?php echo $date->getTimestamp(); ?> | |
| <h4>Set a specific date using various formats:</h4> | |
| <?php $date = new DateTime('tomorrow'); print_r($date); ?><br> | |
| <?php $date = new DateTime('March 24, 2013'); print_r($date); ?> | |
| <h4>Compare dates directly:</h4> | |
| <?php | |
| $one = new DateTime('tomorrow'); | |
| $two = new DateTime('March 24, 2013'); | |
| if ( $one > $two ) { | |
| echo 'date one is greater than date two <br>'; | |
| } | |
| $diff = $one->diff($two); print_r($diff); | |
| ?> | |
| <h4>Working with timezones:</h4> | |
| <?php $date = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('America/Chicago')); print_r($date); ?> | |
| <h4>Using DatePeriod:</h4> | |
| <?php $period = new DatePeriod($two, new DateInterval('P3D'), $one); | |
| foreach ( $period as $datetime ) { | |
| printf('<li>%s</li>', $datetime->format('Y-m-d')); | |
| } | |
| ?> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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