PHP | DateTime createFromFormat() Function

Syntax:

DateTime DateTime::createFromFormat( string $format, string $time, DateTimeZone $timezone )

example 1

<?php 

  

// Calling the DateTime:createFromFormat() function 

// with the format 'j-M-Y' and given DateTime is  

$datetime = DateTime::createFromFormat('j-M-Y', '30-September-2019'); 

  

// Getting the new formatted datetime  

echo $datetime->format('Y-m-d'); 2019-09-30

?> 

example 2

<?php 

  

// Calling the DateTime:createFromFormat() function 

// with the format 'j-M-Y' and given DateTime is  

$datetime = DateTime::createFromFormat('j-M-Y', '1-oct-2019'); 

  

// Getting the new formatted datetime  

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

?>