PHP Manual: DateTime::createFromFormat

Object-oriented style

public static function DateTime::createFromFormat(string $format, string $datetime, ?DateTimeZone $timezone = null): DateTime|false

Procedural style

function date_create_from_format(string $format, string $datetime, ?DateTimeZone $timezone = null): DateTime|false

Returns a new DateTime object representing the date and time specified by the datetime string, which was formatted in the given format.

This method, including parameters, examples, and considerations are documented on the DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat page.

Returns a new DateTime instance or false on failure.

This method throws ValueError when the datetime contains NULL-bytes.

Version	Description
8.0.21, 8.1.8, 8.2.0	Now throws ValueError when NULL-bytes are passed into `datetime`, which previously was silently ignored.

For an extensive set of examples, see DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat.

DateTime::createFromFormat