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The DateTime class

Introduction

Representation of date and time.

DateTime {

/* Constants */

const string ATOM = Y-m-d\TH:i:sP ;

const string COOKIE = l, d-M-y H:i:s T ;

const string ISO8601 = Y-m-d\TH:i:sO ;

const string RFC822 = D, d M y H:i:s O ;

const string RFC850 = l, d-M-y H:i:s T ;

const string RFC1036 = D, d M y H:i:s O ;

const string RFC1123 = D, d M Y H:i:s O ;

const string RFC2822 = D, d M Y H:i:s O ;

const string RFC3339 = Y-m-d\TH:i:sP ;

const string RSS = D, d M Y H:i:s O ;

const string W3C = Y-m-d\TH:i:sP ;

/* Methods */

public __construct ([ string $time = "now" [, DateTimeZone $timezone = NULL ]] )

public DateTime add ( DateInterval $interval )

public static DateTime createFromFormat ( string $format , string $time [, DateTimeZone $timezone ] )

public DateInterval diff ( DateTime $datetime2 [, bool $absolute = false ] )

public string format ( string $format )

public static array getLastErrors ( void )

public int getOffset ( void )

public int getTimestamp ( void )

public DateTimeZone getTimezone ( void )

public DateTime modify ( string $modify )

public static DateTime __set_state ( array $array )

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

public DateTime setISODate ( int $year , int $week [, int $day = 1 ] )

public DateTime setTime ( int $hour , int $minute [, int $second = 0 ] )

public DateTime setTimestamp ( int $unixtimestamp )

public DateTime setTimezone ( DateTimeZone $timezone )

public DateTime sub ( DateInterval $interval )

public DateTime __wakeup ( void )

}

DateTime::ATOM
DATE_ATOM: Atom (example: 2005-08-15T15:52:01+00:00)
DateTime::COOKIE
DATE_COOKIE: HTTP Cookies (example: Monday, 15-Aug-05 15:52:01 UTC)
DateTime::ISO8601
DATE_ISO8601: ISO-8601 (example: 2005-08-15T15:52:01+0000)
DateTime::RFC822
DATE_RFC822: RFC 822 (example: Mon, 15 Aug 05 15:52:01 +0000)
DateTime::RFC850
DATE_RFC850: RFC 850 (example: Monday, 15-Aug-05 15:52:01 UTC)
DateTime::RFC1036
DATE_RFC1036: RFC 1036 (example: Mon, 15 Aug 05 15:52:01 +0000)
DateTime::RFC1123
DATE_RFC1123: RFC 1123 (example: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:52:01 +0000)
DateTime::RFC2822
DATE_RFC2822: RFC 2822 (Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:52:01 +0000)
DateTime::RFC3339
DATE_RFC3339: Same as DATE_ATOM (since PHP 5.1.3)
DateTime::RSS
DATE_RSS: RSS (Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:52:01 +0000)
DateTime::W3C
DATE_W3C: World Wide Web Consortium (example: 2005-08-15T15:52:01+00:00)

DateTime::add - Adds an amount of days, months, years, hours, minutes and seconds to a DateTime object
DateTime::__construct - Returns new DateTime object
DateTime::createFromFormat - Returns new DateTime object formatted according to the specified format
DateTime::diff - Returns the difference between two DateTime objects
DateTime::format - Returns date formatted according to given format
DateTime::getLastErrors - Returns the warnings and errors
DateTime::getOffset - Returns the timezone offset
DateTime::getTimestamp - Gets the Unix timestamp
DateTime::getTimezone - Return time zone relative to given DateTime
DateTime::modify - Alters the timestamp
DateTime::__set_state - The __set_state handler
DateTime::setDate - Sets the date
DateTime::setISODate - Sets the ISO date
DateTime::setTime - Sets the time
DateTime::setTimestamp - Sets the date and time based on an Unix timestamp
DateTime::setTimezone - Sets the time zone for the DateTime object
DateTime::sub - Subtracts an amount of days, months, years, hours, minutes and seconds from a DateTime object
DateTime::__wakeup - The __wakeup handler