Php/docs/datetime.setdate
DateTime::setDate
date_date_set
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)
DateTime::setDate -- date_date_set — Sets the date
Description
Object oriented style
public DateTime::setDate
( int $year
, int $month
, int $day
) : DateTime
Procedural style
date_date_set
( DateTime $object
, int $year
, int $month
, int $day
) : DateTime
Resets the current date of the DateTime object to a different date.
Parameters
object- Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.
year- Year of the date.
month- Month of the date.
day- Day of the date.
Examples
Example #1 DateTime::setDate() example
Object oriented style
<?php$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
Example #2 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
