DateTimeImmutable::setTimestamp

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DateTimeImmutable::setTimestamp — Sets the date and time based on a Unix timestamp

Description

public DateTimeImmutable::setTimestamp(int $timestamp): DateTimeImmutable

Returns a new DateTimeImmutable object constructed from the old one, with the date and time set based on an Unix timestamp.

Parameters

timestamp

Unix timestamp representing the date. Setting timestamps outside the range of int is possible by using DateTimeImmutable::modify() with the @ format.

Return Values

Returns a new DateTimeImmutable object with the modified data.

Examples

Example #1 DateTimeImmutable::setTimestamp() example

Object-oriented style

<?php
$date = new DateTimeImmutable();
echo $date->format('U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

$newDate = $date->setTimestamp(1171502725);
echo $newDate->format('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

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