DateInterval::createFromDateString

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)

Sets up a DateInterval from the relative parts of the string

public static DateInterval DateInterval::createFromDateString ( string $time )

Uses the normal date parsers and sets up a DateInterval from the relative parts of the parsed string.

Parameters:

time

A date with relative parts. Specifically, the relative formats supported by the parser used for strtotime() and DateTime will be used to construct the DateInterval.

Returns:

Returns a new DateInterval instance.

Examples:

Parsing valid date intervals

<?php
// Each set of intervals is equal.
$i = new DateInterval('P1D');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('1 day');
 
$i = new DateInterval('P2W');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('2 weeks');
 
$i = new DateInterval('P3M');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('3 months');
 
$i = new DateInterval('P4Y');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('4 years');
 
$i = new DateInterval('P1Y1D');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('1 year + 1 day');
 
$i = new DateInterval('P1DT12H');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('1 day + 12 hours');
 
$i = new DateInterval('PT3600S');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('3600 seconds');
?>

Links:

http://php.net/manual/en/dateinterval.createfromdatestring.php

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2025-01-10 15:47:30

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