DateTimeInterface (interface)

The DateTimeInterface interface

Introduction

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)

DateTimeInterface is meant so that both DateTime and DateTimeImmutable can be type hinted for. It is not possible to implement this interface with userland classes.

Class synopsis

public DateInterval diff ( DateTimeInterface $datetime2 [, bool $absolute = false ] )

public string format ( string $format )

public int getOffset ( void )

public int getTimestamp ( void )

public DateTimeZone getTimezone ( void )

public __wakeup ( void )

Changelog

Table of Contents

• DateTime::diff — Returns the difference between two DateTime objects
• DateTime::format — Returns date formatted according to given format
• DateTime::getOffset — Returns the timezone offset
• DateTime::getTimestamp — Gets the Unix timestamp
• DateTime::getTimezone — Return time zone relative to given DateTime
• DateTime::__wakeup — The __wakeup handler