PHP Reference

Quick Reference

The PHP date_create() function returns a new DateTime object.

<?php
$date = date_create('Jan-11-2013');
echo date_format($date, 'm/d/Y');
?>

Output

01/11/2013

Syntax

date_create(time, timezone)

Parameters

ParameterDescription
timeSpecifies a date/time string; NULL indicates the current date/time
timezoneSpecifies the timezone of time (default is the current timezone)

PHP Notes:

  • When using PHP, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
  • Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on

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