PHP DateTime::createFromFormat not working with time format with timezone

Question

I want to check if submitted datetime from user is the same as my datetime format with

DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $date)

It was working fine until I changed my time format from Y-m-d H:i:s to Y-m-d\TH:i:s.ZP I want to get timedate like this 2011-11-09T17:11:57.430+05:00 What format should I give to my function? Is the format I used wrong?

What is your format? I can't read it while it is buried in a wall of text. — Ryan
– Ryan, Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 4:12
@RPM I gave my format and sample datetime in my question, this is what I want, I need the right format for 2011-11-09T17:11:57.430+05:00 — Jamol
– Jamol, Commented Dec 10, 2013 at 4:28

vascowhite · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 11:54:31Z

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You are almost there. You have used 'Z' where you should have a 'u' for microseconds, so your code should look something like this:-

$dateStr = '2011-11-09T17:11:57.430+05:00';
$date = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d\TH:i:s.uP', $dateStr);
var_dump($date);

Output:-

object(DateTime)[1]
  public 'date' => string '2011-11-09 17:11:57' (length=19)
  public 'timezone_type' => int 1
  public 'timezone' => string '+05:00' (length=6)

The format strings accepted by DateTime::createFromFormat() are the same as those accepted by date().

answered Dec 10, 2013 at 11:54

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Niels Keurentjes · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-10 03:59:23Z

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That's an ISO 8601 date, and you can simply use $format = 'c' for that.

answered Dec 10, 2013 at 3:59

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2 Comments

Jamol Over a year ago

it is not working, probably not working with DateTime::createFromFormat

vascowhite Over a year ago

The PHP ISO8601 format is something like '2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00'; no microseconds.

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