The setTime Method of the DateTime Class
The setTime method sets the time in a DateTime object. The first parameter is hours (from 0 to 23), the second is minutes (from 0 to 59), the third is seconds (from 0 to 59), and the fourth is microseconds (optional parameter). It returns the modified DateTime object.
Syntax
public DateTime::setTime(
int $hour,
int $minute,
int $second = 0,
int $microsecond = 0
): DateTime
Example
Let's set the time to 15:30:00 in a DateTime object:
<?php
$date = new DateTime();
$date->setTime(15, 30);
echo $date->format('H:i:s');
?>
Code execution result:
'15:30:00'
Example
Let's set the time with seconds and microseconds:
<?php
$date = new DateTime();
$date->setTime(10, 15, 30, 500000);
echo $date->format('H:i:s.u');
?>
Code execution result:
'10:15:30.500000'
Example
Let's set the time and output the full date:
<?php
$date = new DateTime('2023-01-01');
$date->setTime(23, 45);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>
Code execution result:
'2023-01-01 23:45:00'
See Also
-
the
formatmethod,
which formats the date according to a given pattern
