Date Time in PHP

    

Initialize the object

$date = new DateTime();

We can get timezone using following method

$date->getTimezone();

We can set timezone using following method

$date->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Asia/Calcutta'));

Format of date

$date->format('d-m-Y H:i:s');

Timestamp

$date->getTimestamp();

$date->setTimestamp(1544972289);

$date->format('d-m-Y H:i:s');

Interval

//get date after 10 days and 2 hours
$date->add(new DateInterval('P10DT2H')); 

//get date before 10 days and 2 hours
$date->sub(new DateInterval('P10DT2H')); 

// after one month 
$date->modify('+1 month');

Difference between dates

$birthdate = new DateTime("2000-01-01"); 
$diff=$birthdate->diff($date);
echo $diff->y." years, ".$diff->m." months, ".$diff->d." days";