DateTime::createFromFormat

date_create_from_format

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DateTime::createFromFormat -- date_create_from_formatInterpreta um string de data/hora de acordo com um formato especificado.

Descrição

Estilo orientado a objetos

public static DateTime::createFromFormat(string $format, string $datetime, ?DateTimeZone $timezone = null): DateTime|false

Estilo procedural

Retorna um novo objeto DateTime representando a data e a hora especificadas pelo string datetime, que foi formatado de acordo com o parâmetro format fornecido.

Equivalente a DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat() e date_create_immutable_from_format(), respectivamente, mas cria um objeto DateTime.

Este método, incluindo parâmetros, exemplos e considerações estão documentados na página DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat.

Valor Retornado

Retorna uma nova instância de DateTime ou false em caso de falha.

Erros/Exceções

Este método dispara uma exceção ValueError quando o parâmetro datetime contém bytes nulos.

Registro de Alterações

Versão Descrição
8.0.21, 8.1.8, 8.2.0 Agora dispara ValueError quando bytes nulos são passados pelo parâmetro datetime, o que antes era silencioamente ignorado.

Exemplos

Para um conjunto extenso de exemplos, veja DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat.

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falundir at gmail dot com
11 years ago
Be warned that DateTime object created without explicitely providing the time portion will have the current time set instead of 00:00:00.

<?php
$date
= DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2012-10-17');
var_dump($date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s')); //will print 2012-10-17 13:57:34 (the current time)
?>

That's also why you can't safely compare equality of such DateTime objects:

<?php
$date1
= DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2012-10-17');
sleep(2);
$date2 = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2012-10-17');
var_dump($date1 == $date2); //will be false
var_dump($date1 >= $date2); //will be false
var_dump($date1 < $date2); //will be true
?>
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Albie at aveit dot org
8 years ago
If you want to safely compare equality of a DateTime object without explicitly providing the time portion make use of the ! format character.

<?php
$date1
= DateTime::createFromFormat('!Y-m-d', '2012-10-17');
sleep(2);
$date2 = DateTime::createFromFormat('!Y-m-d', '2012-10-17');
/*
$date1 and $date2 will both be set to a timestamp of "2012-10-17 00:00:00"
var_dump($date1 == $date2); //will be true
var_dump($date1 > $date2); //will be false
var_dump($date1 < $date2); //will be false
*/
?>

If you omit the ! format character without explicitly providing the time portion your timestamp which will include the current system time in the stamp.

<?php
$date1
= DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2012-10-17');
sleep(2);
$date2 = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2012-10-17');
var_dump($date1 == $date2); //will be false
var_dump($date1 >= $date2); //will be false
var_dump($date1 < $date2); //will be true
?>
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e dot fortmeyer01 at gmail dot com
4 years ago
Be aware:
If the day of the month is not provided, creating a DateTime object will produce different results depending on what the current day of the year is.
This is because the current system date will be used where values are not provided.

<?php
function printMonth($month) {
    echo
DateTime::createFromFormat("F", "April")->format("F");
}

// on August 1st
printMonth("April");
// outputs April

// on August 31st
printMonth("April");
// outputs May
?>
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d dot shankarnarayana at gmail dot com
9 years ago
Say if there is a string with  $date = "today is 2014 January 1";   and you need to extract "2014 January" using DateTime::createFromFormat().  As you can see in the string there is something odd like "today is" .Since that string (today is) does not correspond to a date format, we need to escape that.

In this case, each and every character on that string has to be escaped as shown below.

The code.

<?php
$paragraph
= "today is 2014 January 1";
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('\t\o\d\a\y \i\s Y F j', $paragraph);
echo
$date->format('Y F'); //"prints" 2014 January

- Shankar Damodaran
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thflori
7 years ago
createFromFormat('U') has a strange behaviour: it ignores the datetimezone and the resulting DateTime object will always have GMT+0000 timezone.

<?php

$dt
= DateTime::createFromFormat('U', time(), new DateTimeZone('CET'));
var_dump($dt->format('Y-m-d H:i:s (T)'), date('Y-m-d H:i:s (T)', time()));

?>

The problem is microtime() and time() returning the timestamp in current timezone.  Instead of using time you can use 'now' but to get a DateTimeObject with microseconds you have to write it this way to be sure to get the correct datetime:

<?php

$dt
= \DateTime::createFromFormat('U.u', microtime(true))->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone(date('T')));

?>
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Fabian
6 years ago
Parsing RFC3339 strings can be very tricky when their are microseconds in the date string.

Since PHP 7 there is the undocumented constant DateTime::RFC3339_EXTENDED (value: Y-m-d\TH:i:s.vP), which can be used to output an RFC3339 string with microseconds:

<?php
$d
= new DateTime();
var_dump($d->format(DateTime::RFC3339_EXTENDED)); // 2017-07-25T13:47:12.000+00:00
?>

But the same constant can't be used for parsing an RFC3339 string with microseconds, instead do:

<?php
$date
= DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uP", "2017-07-25T15:25:16.123456+02:00")
?>

But "u" can only parse microseconds up to 6 digits, but some language (like Go) return more than 6 digits for the microseconds, e.g.: "2017-07-25T15:50:42.456430712+02:00" (when turning time.Time to JSON with json.Marshal()). Currently there is no other solution than using a separate parsing library to get correct dates.

Note: the difference between "v" and "u" is just 3 digits vs. 6 digits.
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tuxedobob
7 years ago
If you're here because you're trying to create a date from a week number, you want to be using setISODate, as I discovered here:

http://www.lornajane.net/posts/2011/getting-dates-from-week-numbers-in-php
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lsloan-php dot net at umich dot edu
7 years ago
Reportedly, microtime() may return a timestamp number without a fractional part if the microseconds are exactly zero.  I.e., "1463772747" instead of the expected "1463772747.000000".  number_format() can create a correct string representation of the microsecond timestamp every time, which can be useful for creating DateTime objects when used with DateTime::createFromFormat():

<?php
$now
= DateTime::createFromFormat('U.u', number_format(microtime(true), 6, '.', ''));
var_dump($now->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u')); // E.g., string(26) "2016-05-20 19:36:26.900794"
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ELPI
9 years ago
It can be confusing creating new DateTime from timestamp when your default timezone (date.timezone) is different from UTC and you are used to date()-function.

date()-function automatically uses your current timezone setting but DateTime::createFromFormat (or DateTime constructor) does not (it ignores tz-parameter).

You can get same results as date() by setting the timezone after object creation.

<?php
$ts
= 1414706400;
$date1 = date("Y-m-d H:i", $ts);
$date2 = DateTime::createFromFormat("U", $ts)->setTimeZone(new DateTimeZone(date_default_timezone_get()))->format("Y-m-d H:i");
//$date1===$date2
?>
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call4hemant at gmail dot com
5 years ago
<?php

// case 1: 13 as month will be converted to month=01 with Year=Year+1
$oDateTime1 = DateTime::createFromFormat( 'Y-m-d', '2018-13-10');
echo
$oDateTime1->format('Y-m-d');
// "2019-01-10" 

// case 2: 32 as date will convert date-01 and month=month+1
$oDateTime2= DateTime::createFromFormat( 'Y-m-d', '2018-12-32');
echo
$oDateTime2->format('Y-m-d');
// "2019-01-10"            

echo phpversion();
// 7.2.7-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+12019-01-102019-01-01

?>
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c dot m dot tatro+php dot net at gmail dot com
5 years ago
Be aware that using this method when calling an invalid date still generates a date. For instance

DateTime::createFromFormat('Y F j', '2016 February 40');

generates a date like such: 2016-03-11
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labs at stronghold dot KILLIT dot media dot eu
5 years ago
Please note that several points here are wrong.
When using microseconds:

- The createFromFormat DOES NOT accept the ".v" modifier, unlike the formatting ones.

- When you provide microseconds to this function, YOU MUST LEFT PAD THEM to SIX digits with ZEROES.
If you don't, anything below 100000 will be RIGHT PADDED with zeroes.
(So that 999 becomes 9990000, while 1234 becomes 123400. (Also 0510 becomes 051000.)
But at least you can use milliseconds as microseconds. But then again, REMEMBER TO LEFT PAD them to 3 digits if necessary..

- WHAT?? Go provides SEVEN digits of MICROSECONDS?? Something there must definitely be wrong. Micro is, by definition, one millionth, so anything above 999999 is odd.
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vijaycs85 at gmail dot com
7 years ago
There is no option to specify date format 'c' (e.g. 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00) directly. work around is to use Y-m-d\TH:i:sT
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SeliusX
9 years ago
Creating timestamps to the day can result in hidden bugs cause hours are taken from now:

Example:
$newDateTime = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2014-12-10');
$newDateTime->format('H') != '00';

Better use time too or erase the values later on:
$newDateTime = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d h:i', '2014-12-10 00:00');
or:
$newDateTime = DateTime::createFromFormat(''Y-m-d', '2014-12-10');
$newDateTime->setTime(0, 0);
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nicodoggie at gmail dot com
9 years ago
I've found that on PHP 5.5.13 (not sure if it happens on other versions) if you enter a month larger than 12 on a format that takes numeric months, the result will be a DateTime object with its month equal to the number modulo 12 instead of returning false.

<?php
var_dump
(DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2013-22-01'));
?>

results in:
class DateTime#4 (3) {
  public $date =>
  string(19) "2014-10-01 13:05:05"
  public $timezone_type =>
  int(3)
  public $timezone =>
  string(3) "UTC"
}
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joereynolds952 at gmail dot com
7 years ago
Just a note that it is possible to call createFromFormat non statically.

<?php
$today
= new DateTime();
$today->createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2016-11-04'));
?>

Is perfectly valid.

We had to do this once we started using PHPMD which would complain about static methods.
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thomas dot ribiere at allgoob dot com
11 years ago
Not a bug, but a strange issue today 2012-08-30 :

<?php
$date
= "2011-02";
echo
$date."\n";
$d = DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m",$date);
echo
$d->format("Y-m");
?>
will display :
2011-02
2011-03

It's because there is no 2011-02-30, so datetime will take march insteed of february ...

To fix it :
<?php
$date
= "2011-02";
echo
$date."\n";
$d = DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d",$date."-01");
echo
$d->format("Y-m");
?>
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Salman A
6 years ago
Seems like setting the hours to any value resets the remaining time portion (minute, second and milliseconds) to zero:

<?php
                                                            
// 2018-03-05 16:19:35.000000 <- now
DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d",     "2000-01-01"      ); // 2000-01-01 16:19:35.000000
DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d H",   "2000-01-01 00"   ); // 2000-01-01 00:00:00.000000
DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d H",   "2000-01-01 01"   ); // 2000-01-01 01:00:00.000000
DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d H:i", "2000-01-01 01:30"); // 2000-01-01 01:30:00.000000
?>

This is different from how missing year, month and dates are handled:

<?php
                                                            
// 2018-03-05 16:19:35.000000 <- now
DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m H:i", "2000-01 01:30");      // 2000-01-05 01:30:00.000000
DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-d H:i", "2000-01 01:30");      // 2000-03-01 01:30:00.000000
?>
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kamil dot wegrzynowicz at baobaz dot com
12 years ago
It seems that a pipe ('|') option in formating string works only with PHP version 5.3.7 and newer. We had an issue with it on versions 5.3.2, 5.3.3, 5.3.6. Yet it was fine with 5.3.8 and 5.3.10.

By short example:
<?php
$timezone
= new DateTimeZone('UTC');
$dateTime = DateTime::createFromFormat('dmY|', '01011972', $timezone);
//$dateTime is FALSE in PHP v <5.3.8
?>

Instead we used a workaround:
<?php
$dateTime
= DateTime::createFromFormat('dmY', '01011972', $timezone);
$dateTime->format('Y-m-d 00:00:00');
?>
which works fine.

====

Modified by admin to correct for version (5.3.7 not 5.3.8)
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mail at marcel-juenemann dot de
11 years ago
Note that the U option does not support negative timestamps (before 1970). You have to use date for that.
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klugg at tlen dot pl
13 years ago
In order to use a DateTimeZone, don't enter one of the DateTimeZone::Europe, DateTimeZone::Asia etc. constants, but create a DateTimeZone object with verbal timezone name passed as a string:
<?php
$eventDate
= DateTime::createFromFormat('m/d/y h:i', '02/26/11 08:00', new DateTimeZone('Europe/Warsaw'));
echo
date_format($eventDate, 'Y-m-d'); //prints "2011-02-26"

?>
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chernomyrdin at gmail dot com
8 years ago
<?php
$date
= DateTime::createFromFormat('U.u', microtime(TRUE));
var_dump($date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u'));
?>
will print: 2015-11-19 11:37:29.125300 (the current time with microseconds)
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parmonov98 at yandex dot ru
4 years ago
sometimes we want unixtime rather than string date .
to get it from a string date,  do this.
$format = 'Y-m-d';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, '2009-02-15');
$date->format("U"); // will print unixtime.

I thought this would be helpful.
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mcab at acm dot org
3 years ago
When using format "z Y" the function may return an incorrect date (as of 7.2.30).
I understand that this bug is being worked on but a simple solution that works now is to supply the year value first. i.e. always specify format "Y z".
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jplevene
8 years ago
To convert an email header date use the following (important, notice the * at the end)

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('D, d M Y H:i:s O *', $email_date);

Some dates in email headers can be formatted as:
Fri, 12 Jun 2015 13:53:37 +0000 (UTC)

The "(UTC)" at the end of the date causes an error and will return a result of false unless the * is at the end.
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Aurelien Marchand
12 years ago
Beware specifying a timezone in the format as it will take precedence over the DateTimeZone object.

<?php
$timezone
= "UTC"; // or any other valid name for a timezone
$d= DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d H:i:s T","2011-11-06 00:00:00 EDT",new DateTimeZone($timezone));
echo
$d->format("Y-m-d H:i:s T - U");
// returns "2011-11-06 00:00:00 EDT - 1320552000"
// specifying $timezone = "Pacific/Honolulu"; would return the same string
?>

This gets hairy when you are playing with transition from summer time to winter time! For instance, in Toronto, the time change happens on 2011-11-06. One second after 01:59:59 (EDT), the time becomes 01:00:00 (EST), or 1320559200 in Unix timestamp.

However, notice the following:
<?php
$d
= DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d H:i:s","2011-11-06 01:00:00",new DateTimeZone("EST"));
echo
$d->format("Y-m-d H:i:s T U");
// returns "2011-11-06 01:00:00 EDT 1320555600" instead of "2011-11-06 01:00:00 EST 1320559200"

// so the correct way is to do:
$d = DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d H:i:s T","2011-11-06 01:00:00 EST",new DateTimeZone($timezone)); // set $timezone to any valid string for DateTimeZone, it doesn't matter
echo $d->format("Y-m-d H:i:s T U");
// returns "2011-11-06 01:00:00 EST - 1320559200" as wanted

?>
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rasmus at mindplay dot dk
7 years ago
Note a weird and surprising inconsistency in `DateTime::createFromFormat()` and `DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat()` when the format is `"U"` and these factory-functions are called with a Unix timestamp - in this case, the timezone argument is not only ignored (as per the documentation) but also *NOT APPLIED* the constructed object!

In other words, the timezone argument has no effect in this case, at all, which I found pretty surprising. Of course the timezone argument cannot be used in this case to parse the value, since it's a timezone-neutral Unix timestamp, but I was definitely expecting the factory-function to apply the specified timezone to the created object - this is especially surprising when it comes to `DateTimeImmutable`, since this behavior of the factory-function makes it impossible to create an instance from a timestamp and initialize the timezone with a single call; you will need a subsequent call to `setTimezone()` discarding the original object.

Very strange and confusing design :-*
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