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PHP | date_create_immutable_from_format() Function

The date_create_immutable_from_format() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to parse a time string according to the specified format.

Syntax: 

  • Object oriented style: 
DateTimeImmutable static DateTime::createFromFormat( string $format,
                                      string $time, DateTimeZone $timezone )
  • Procedural style: 
DateTimeImmutable date_create_from_format( string $format, 
                                      string $time, DateTimeZone $timezone )

Parameters: This function uses three parameters as mentioned above and described below:  

  • $format: This parameter holds the DateTime format in string.
  • $time: This parameter holds the time in string format.
  • $timezone: This parameter holds the DateTimeZone object.

Return Value: This function returns a new DateTimeImmutable object representing the date and time specified by the time string, which was formatted in the given format.

Characters and its description:  

Format character Description Example returned values
j Day of the month without leading zeros 1 to 31
d Day of the month with leading zeros 01 to 31
m Numeric representation of the month 01 to 12
M Short textual representation of the month Jan to Dec
Y Representation of a year 1989, 2017

The format string can be a combination of any of the format characters in any order but we would have to provide the input date-time string in the same order.

Below programs illustrate the date_create_immutable_from_format() function in PHP:

Program 1:  

PHP




<?php
 
// Use date_create_from_format() function
// to create a date format
$date = date_create_from_format('j-M-Y', '03-oct-2019');
 
// Display the date
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d');
 
?>


Output: 

2019-10-03

 

Program 2: 

PHP




<?php
 
// Use date_create_from_format() function
// to create a date format
$date = date_create_from_format('d-M-Y', '03-oct-2019');
 
// Display the date
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-j');
 
?>


Output: 

2019-10-3

 

Program 3: 

PHP




<?php
 
// Use DateTime::createFromFormat() function
// to create a date object
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('j-M-Y', '03-oct-2019');
 
// Display the date
echo $date->format('Y-m-d');
 
?>


Output: 

2019-10-03

 

Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetimeimmutable.createfromformat.php
 

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