Php/docs/datetime.settimestamp
DateTime::setTimestamp
date_timestamp_set
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)
DateTime::setTimestamp -- date_timestamp_set — Sets the date and time based on an Unix timestamp
Description
Object oriented style
public DateTime::setTimestamp
( int $timestamp
) : DateTime
Procedural style
date_timestamp_set
( DateTime $object
, int $timestamp
) : DateTime
Sets the date and time based on an Unix timestamp.
Parameters
object- Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.
timestamp- Unix timestamp representing the date.
Examples
Example #1 DateTime::setTimestamp() example
Object oriented style
<?php$date = new DateTime();echo $date->format('U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";$date->setTimestamp(1171502725);echo $date->format('U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";?>
Procedural style
<?php$date = date_create();echo date_format($date, 'U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";date_timestamp_set($date, 1171502725);echo date_format($date, 'U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";?>
The above examples will output something similar to:
1272508903 = 2010-04-28 22:41:43 1171502725 = 2007-02-14 20:25:25
Notes
Using the Unix timestamp format to construct a new DateTime object is an alternative when using PHP 5.2, as shown in the example below.
Example #2 DateTime::setTimestamp() alternative in PHP 5.2
<?php$ts = 1171502725;$date = new DateTime("@$ts");echo $date->format('U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";?>
The above example will output something similar to:
1171502725 = 2007-02-14 20:25:25
