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date_create_immutable

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

date_create_immutable — create a new DateTimeImmutable object

Description

function date_create_immutable(string $datetime = "now", ?DateTimeZone $timezone = null): DateTimeImmutable|false

This is the procedural version of DateTimeImmutable::__construct().

Unlike the DateTimeImmutable constructor, it will return false instead of an exception if the passed in datetime string is invalid.

Return Values

Returns a new DateTimeImmutable instance or false on failure

See Also


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