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DateTime::setTime

date_time_set

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DateTime::setTime -- date_time_setSets 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.

Like DateTimeImmutable::setTime() but works with DateTime.

The procedural version takes the DateTime object as its first argument.

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 modified DateTime object for method chaining.

Changelog

Version Description
8.1.0 The behaviour with double existing hours (during the fall-back DST transition) changed. Previously PHP would pick the second occurrence (after the DST transition), instead of the first occurrence (before DST transition).
7.1.0 The microsecond parameter was added.

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