PHP >5.3: DateTime

Example construct Datetime object

$datetime = new DateTime("now");
$datetime = new DateTime('2000-01-01');

Example to print Datetime

echo $datetime->format('Y-m-d\TH:i:s');

Example to add a hour

$datetime->add(new DateInterval('PT1H'));

Example to add 10 day

$datetime->add(new DateInterval('P10D'));

Note:

• P: Period
• T: Time

Comparing 2 Datetime

$datetime = new DateTime('2016-10-10');
$datetime2 = new DateTime('2016-10-9');
echo var_dump($datetime > $datetime2).' $datetime > $datetime2 <br>'; // bool(true) $datetime > $datetime2 
echo var_dump($datetime < $datetime2).' $datetime < $datetime2 <br>'; // bool(false) $datetime < $datetime2 

References:

• http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.datetime.php