DateTime::setDate

date_date_set

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DateTime::setDate -- date_date_setSets the date

Description

Object-oriented style

public DateTime::setDate(int $year, int $month, int $day): DateTime

Procedural style

date_date_set(
    DateTime $object,
    int $year,
    int $month,
    int $day
): DateTime

Resets the current date of the DateTime object to a different date.

Like DateTimeImmutable::setDate() but works with DateTime, and changes the existing object.

The procedural version takes the DateTime object as its first argument.

Parameters

object

Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.

year

Year of the date.

month

Month of the date.

day

Day of the date.

Return Values

Returns the modified DateTime object for method chaining.

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kevin dot nadin at gmail dot com
6 years ago
Be carreful about this bug in php 5.6 and lower (fixed in php 7.0 and higher) :

<?php
$date
= new DateTime("first day of last month");
echo
$date->format('Y-m-d');
echo 
' => ' ;
$date->setDate(2013, 2, 3);
echo
$date->format('Y-m-d');
?>

Output <=5.6 : 2017-03-01 => 2013-02-01
Output >=7.0 : 2017-03-31 => 2013-02-03

Same goes for "Last day of last month", and the funny part, it will take the last day of the new month setted by setDate

Example with a Leap Year :
<?php
$date
= new DateTime("last day of last month");
echo
$date->format('Y-m-d');
echo 
' => ' ;
$date->setDate(2012, 2, 3);
echo
$date->format('Y-m-d');
?>

Output <=5.6 : 2017-03-31 => 2012-02-29
Output >=7.0 : 2017-03-31 => 2012-02-03
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remy215 at laposte dot net
12 years ago
Be warned, DateTime::setDate() does not check for invalid input.

Illustration:
<?php
$dt
= new DateTime();
$dt->setDate(2012, 11, 31); // returns DateTime object and not false although this date does not exist
echo $dt->format('Y-m-d'); // output: 2012-12-01
?>

No error was generated on entering a non existing date, php silently changed it.
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kevin dot nadin at gmail dot com
6 years ago
Correction on the previous comment :

Bug fixed in php 7.0.17 and 7.1.3, for the version 7.0.0 to 7.0.16 and 7.1.0 to 7.1.2, the bug is still present
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