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DateTime::createFromTimestamp

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(PHP 8 >= 8.4.0)

Creates an instance from a Unix timestamp

Description

DateTime::createFromTimestamp(int|float $timestamp): static

Creates an instance from a Unix timestamp.

timestamp: Unix timestamp representing the date. A Float value is also accepted which allows for microsecond precision.

Returns a new DateTime instance.

If the timestamp is outside the range [PHP_INT_MIN, PHP_INT_MAX], a DateRangeError is thrown.

DateTime::createFromTimestamp example

php

<?php
$date = DateTime::createFromTimestamp(123.456789);
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u');
?>

The above example will output:

output

1970-01-01 00:02:03.456789

Source: reference/datetime/datetime/createfromtimestamp.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)