date_create

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

create a new DateTime object.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

date_create Function synopsis

date_create(string $datetime = "now", ?DateTimeZone $timezone = null): DateTime|false

Parameters

$datetime

OptionalTypestringDefault value"now"

$timezone

OptionalType?DateTimeZoneDefault valuenull

Return value

TypeDateTime|false

Returns a new DateTime instance or false on failure

Changes to the date_create Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: DateTime|false
  • Parameter name of parameter #1 changed: $time to $datetime
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($datetime): string
  • Parameter default value added for position #1 ($datetime): "now"
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($timezone): ?DateTimeZone
  • Parameter default value added for position #2 ($timezone): null
- date_create($time, $timezone)
+ date_create(string $datetime = "now", ?DateTimeZone $timezone = null): DateTime|false

PHP 7.1

  • Parameter name of parameter #2 changed: $object to $timezone
- date_create($time, $object)
+ date_create($time, $timezone)

date_create Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes