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date_create() function in PHP

The date_create() function returns new DateTime object.

Syntax

date_create(time,timezone);

Parameters

  • time − Specifies a date/time string.

  • timezone − Specifies the timezone of time.

Return

The date_create() function returns a new DateTime object on success, FALSE on failure.

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   $date = date_create("2018-07-25 21:15:00",timezone_open("Europe/Oslo"));
   echo date_format($date,"Y/m/d H:iP");
?>

Output

The following is the output −

2018/07/25 21:15+02:00