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DateTime::setTime

date_time_set

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

DateTime::setTime -- date_time_set — Sets the time

Description

Object oriented style

public DateTime::setTime ( int $hour , int $minute [, int $second = 0 [, int $microsecond = 0 ]] ) : DateTime

Procedural style

date_time_set ( DateTime $object , int $hour , int $minute [, int $second = 0 [, int $microsecond = 0 ]] ) : DateTime

Resets the current time of the DateTime object to a different time.

Parameters

object: Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.
hour: Hour of the time.
minute: Minute of the time.
second: Second of the time.
microsecond: Microsecond of the time.

Return Values

Returns the DateTime object for method chaining or false on failure.

Changelog

Version	Description
7.1.0	The `microsecond` parameter was added.

Examples

Example #1 DateTime::setTime() example

Object oriented style

<?php
$date = new DateTime('2001-01-01');

$date->setTime(14, 55);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

$date->setTime(14, 55, 24);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
?>

Procedural style

<?php
$date = date_create('2001-01-01');

date_time_set($date, 14, 55);
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

date_time_set($date, 14, 55, 24);
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
?>

The above examples will output something similar to:

2001-01-01 14:55:00
2001-01-01 14:55:24

Example #2 Values exceeding ranges are added to their parent values

<?php
$date = new DateTime('2001-01-01');

$date->setTime(14, 55, 24);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

$date->setTime(14, 55, 65);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

$date->setTime(14, 65, 24);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

$date->setTime(25, 55, 24);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
?>

The above example will output:

2001-01-01 14:55:24
2001-01-01 14:56:05
2001-01-01 15:05:24
2001-01-02 01:55:24