DateTimeImmutable::setTimestamp

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DateTimeImmutable::setTimestampSets the date and time based on a Unix timestamp

Description

public DateTimeImmutable::setTimestamp(int $timestamp): DateTimeImmutable

Returns a new DateTimeImmutable object constructed from the old one, with the date and time set based on an Unix timestamp.

Parameters

timestamp

Unix timestamp representing the date. Setting timestamps outside the range of int is possible by using DateTimeImmutable::modify() with the @ format.

Return Values

Returns a new DateTimeImmutable object with the modified data.

Examples

Example #1 DateTimeImmutable::setTimestamp() example

Object-oriented style

<?php
$date
= new DateTimeImmutable();
echo
$date->format('U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

$newDate = $date->setTimestamp(1171502725);
echo
$newDate->format('U = Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
?>

The above examples will output something similar to:

1272508903 = 2010-04-28 22:41:43
1171502725 = 2007-02-14 20:25:25

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Philip
3 years ago
This function will not change the value of the DateTimeImmutable object as the method name might suggest. The object, after all, immutable.

<?php
$dti
= new DateTimeImmutable();
echo
$dti->getTimestamp(); // e.g. 123456789
$dti->setTimestamp(987654321);
echo
$dti->getTimestamp(); // 123456789

$x = $dti->setTimestamp (987654321);
echo
$x->getTimestamp(); // 987654321
?>
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lukin dot andrej at gmail dot com
1 year ago
While modifying Datetime with the timezone, the user should be aware that changing the timestamp using "@".\time() is not the same as changing the timestamp using setTimestamp().

$now = new \DateTimeImmutable('August 30, 2023 09:00:00 GMT+01');
$origin = $now->getTimestamp(); // 1693382400
$usingAt = $now->modify('@'.$now->getTimestamp())->getTimestamp(); // 1693378800
$usingSetTimestamp = $now->setTimestamp($now->getTimestamp())->getTimestamp(); // 1693382400

var_dump($usingAt === $origin); // false
var_dump($usingSetTimestamp === $origin); // true
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