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<h1 class="refname">DateTime::__construct</h1>
<h1 class="refname">date_create</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DateTime::__construct</span> -- <span class="refname">date_create</span> — <span class="dc-title">Returns new DateTime object</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-datetime.construct-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
<div class="constructorsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DateTime::__construct()</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$time</code><span class="initializer"> = "now"</span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.datetimezone.html" class="type DateTimeZone">DateTimeZone</a></span> <code class="parameter">$timezone</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="class.datetime.html" class="type DateTime">DateTime</a></span> <span class="methodname"><a href="function.date-create.html" class="methodname">date_create</a></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$time</code><span class="initializer"> = "now"</span></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.datetimezone.html" class="type DateTimeZone">DateTimeZone</a></span> <code class="parameter">$timezone</code><span class="initializer"> = <strong><code>NULL</code></strong></span></span>
]] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Returns new DateTime object.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-datetime.construct-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">time</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">A date/time string. Valid formats are explained in <a href="datetime.formats.html" class="link">Date and Time Formats</a>.</p>
<p class="para">
Enter <strong><code>NULL</code></strong> here to obtain the current time when using
the <em><code class="parameter">$timezone</code></em> parameter.
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</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">timezone</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
A <a href="class.datetimezone.html" class="classname">DateTimeZone</a> object representing the
timezone of <em><code class="parameter">$time</code></em>.
</p>
<p class="para">
If <em><code class="parameter">$timezone</code></em> is omitted,
the current timezone will be used.
</p>
<blockquote class="note"><p><strong class="note">Note</strong>:
<p class="para">
The <em><code class="parameter">$timezone</code></em> parameter
and the current timezone are ignored when the
<em><code class="parameter">$time</code></em> parameter either
is a UNIX timestamp (e.g. <em>@946684800</em>)
or specifies a timezone
(e.g. <em>2010-01-28T15:00:00+02:00</em>).
</p>
</p></blockquote>
</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-datetime.construct-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a new DateTime instance.
Procedural style returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-datetime.construct-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
<p class="para">
Emits <a href="class.exception.html" class="classname">Exception</a> in case of an error.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-datetime.construct-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
<p class="para">
<table class="doctable informaltable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="tbody">
<tr>
<td>5.3.0</td>
<td>
If <em><code class="parameter">time</code></em> contains an invalid
<a href="datetime.formats.html" class="link">date/time format</a>, then an
exception is now thrown. Previously an error was emitted.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-datetime.construct-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<div class="example" id="example-2253">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>DateTime::__construct()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents"><p>Object oriented style</p></div>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">try {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'2000-01-01'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />} catch (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Exception $e</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$e</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getMessage</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /> exit(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Y-m-d'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
<div class="example-contents"><p>Procedural style</p></div>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$date </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">date_create</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'2000-01-01'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />if (!</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$e </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">date_get_last_errors</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /> foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$e</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'errors'</span><span style="color: #007700">] as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$error</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$error</span><span style="color: #DD0000">\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br /> exit(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />}<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">date_format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Y-m-d'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above examples will output:</p></div>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
2000-01-01
</pre></div>
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<div class="example" id="example-2254">
<p><strong>Example #2 Intricacies of <span class="function"><strong>DateTime::__construct()</strong></span></strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Specified date/time in your computer's time zone.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'2000-01-01'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Y-m-d H:i:sP'</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Specified date/time in the specified time zone.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'2000-01-01'</span><span style="color: #007700">, new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTimeZone</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Pacific/Nauru'</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Y-m-d H:i:sP'</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Current date/time in your computer's time zone.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTime</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Y-m-d H:i:sP'</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Current date/time in the specified time zone.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">null</span><span style="color: #007700">, new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTimeZone</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Pacific/Nauru'</span><span style="color: #007700">));<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Y-m-d H:i:sP'</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Using a UNIX timestamp. Notice the result is in the UTC time zone.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'@946684800'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Y-m-d H:i:sP'</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Non-existent values roll over.<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'2000-02-30'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Y-m-d H:i:sP'</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
2000-01-01 00:00:00-05:00
2000-01-01 00:00:00+12:00
2010-04-24 10:24:16-04:00
2010-04-25 02:24:16+12:00
2000-01-01 00:00:00+00:00
2000-03-01 00:00:00-05:00
</pre></div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-datetime.construct-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="datetime.createfromformat.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DateTime::createFromFormat()</a> - Returns new DateTime object formatted according to the specified format</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="datetimezone.construct.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DateTimeZone::__construct()</a> - Creates new DateTimeZone object</span></li>
<li class="member"><a href="datetime.formats.html" class="link">Date and Time Formats</a></li>
<li class="member"><a href="datetime.configuration.html#ini.date.timezone" class="link">date.timezone</a> ini setting</li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.date-default-timezone-set.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">date_default_timezone_set()</a> - Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="datetime.getlasterrors.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DateTime::getLastErrors()</a> - Returns the warnings and errors</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.checkdate.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">checkdate()</a> - Validate a Gregorian date</span></li>
</ul>
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