date_create

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

date_create — create a new DateTime object

Description

This is the procedural version of DateTime::__construct() .

Unlike the DateTime constructor, it will return false instead of an exception if the passed in datetime string is invalid.

Parameters

See DateTimeImmutable::__construct.

Return Values

Returns a new DateTime instance or false on failure

See Also

• DateTimeImmutable::__construct() - Returns new DateTimeImmutable object
• DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat() - Parses a time string according to a specified format
• DateTime::__construct() - Returns new DateTime object