DateTime
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DateTime::setTime

date_time_set

Sets the time

Description

Object oriented style

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

Procedural style

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

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.

Return Values

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

Changelog

Version Description
5.3.0Changed the return value on success from NULL to DateTime.

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:

2000-01-01 14:55:00
2000-01-01 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

See Also

  • DateTime::setDate
  • DateTime::setISODate