DateTime::setTime

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

Sets the time

public DateTime DateTime::setTime ( int $hour, int $minute [, int $second = 0 ] )

Object oriented style

Procedural style

DateTime date_time_set ( DateTime $object , int $hour , int $minute [, int $second = 0 ] )

Resets the current time of the DateTime object to a different time.

Parameters:

object

Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.

hour

Hour of the time.

minute

Minute of the time.

second

Second of the time.

Returns:

Returns the DateTime object for method chaining or FALSE on failure.

Changelog:

5.3.0

Changed the return value on success from NULL to DateTime.

Examples:

DateTime::setTime() example

Object oriented style

<?php
$date = new DateTime('2001-01-01');
 
$date->setTime(14, 55);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
 
$date->setTime(14, 55, 24);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
?>

Procedural style

<?php
$date = date_create('2001-01-01');
 
date_time_set($date, 14, 55);
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
 
date_time_set($date, 14, 55, 24);
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
?>

The above examples will output something similar to:

2001-01-01 14:55:00
2001-01-01 14:55:24

Values exceeding ranges are added to their parent values

<?php
$date = new DateTime('2001-01-01');
 
$date->setTime(14, 55, 24);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
 
$date->setTime(14, 55, 65);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
 
$date->setTime(14, 65, 24);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
 
$date->setTime(25, 55, 24);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
?>

The above example will output:

2001-01-01 14:55:24
2001-01-01 14:56:05
2001-01-01 15:05:24
2001-01-02 01:55:24