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DateTimeImmutable::setTime

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

Sets the time

Description

DateTimeImmutable::setTime(int $hour, int $minute, int $second = 0, int $microsecond = 0): DateTimeImmutable

Returns a new DateTimeImmutable object with the time set to the given time.

Parameters

hour: Hour of the time.
minute: Minute of the time.
second: Second of the time.
microsecond: Microsecond of the time.

Return Values

Modifiedobject

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.

Examples

DateTimeImmutable::setTime() example

Oop

php

<?php
$date = new DateTimeImmutable('2001-01-01');

$newDate = $date->setTime(14, 55);
echo $newDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

$newDate = $date->setTime(14, 55, 24);
echo $newDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

output

2001-01-01 14:55:00
2001-01-01 14:55:24

Values exceeding ranges are added to their parent values

php

<?php
$date = new DateTimeImmutable('2001-01-01');

$newDate = $date->setTime(14, 55, 24);
echo $newDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

$newDate = $date->setTime(14, 55, 65);
echo $newDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

$newDate = $date->setTime(14, 65, 24);
echo $newDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";

$newDate = $date->setTime(25, 55, 24);
echo $newDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . "\n";
?>

The above example will output: