(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)
Sets the date
public DateTime DateTime::setDate ( int $year, int $month, int $day )
Object oriented style
Procedural style
Resets the current date of the DateTime object to a different date.
Parameters:
object
Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.
year
Year of the date.
month
Month of the date.
day
Day of the date.
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::setDate() example
Object oriented style
<?php $date = new DateTime(); $date->setDate(2001, 2, 3); echo $date->format('Y-m-d'); ?>
Procedural style
<?php $date = date_create(); date_date_set($date, 2001, 2, 3); echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d'); ?>
The above examples will output:
2001-02-03
Values exceeding ranges are added to their parent values
<?php $date = new DateTime(); $date->setDate(2001, 2, 28); echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "\n"; $date->setDate(2001, 2, 29); echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "\n"; $date->setDate(2001, 14, 3); echo $date->format('Y-m-d') . "\n"; ?>
The above example will output:
2001-02-28 2001-03-01 2002-02-03
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