PHP DateTimeInterface interface
The PHP DateTimeInterface interface is meant so that both DateTime class and DateTimeImmutable class can be type hinted for.
Interface synopsis
interface DateTimeInterface { //Constants const string ATOM = "Y-m-d\TH:i:sP"; const string COOKIE = "l, d-M-Y H:i:s T"; const string ISO8601 = "Y-m-d\TH:i:sO"; const string RFC822 = "D, d M y H:i:s O"; const string RFC850 = "l, d-M-y H:i:s T"; const string RFC1036 = "D, d M y H:i:s O"; const string RFC1123 = "D, d M Y H:i:s O"; const string RFC7231 = "D, d M Y H:i:s \G\M\T"; const string RFC2822 = "D, d M Y H:i:s O"; const string RFC3339 = "Y-m-d\TH:i:sP"; const string RFC3339_EXTENDED = "Y-m-d\TH:i:s.vP"; const string RSS = "D, d M Y H:i:s O"; const string W3C = "Y-m-d\TH:i:sP"; //Methods public diff(DateTimeInterface $targetObject, bool $absolute = false): DateInterval public format(string $format): string public getOffset(): int public getTimestamp(): int public getTimezone(): DateTimeZone|false public __wakeup(): void }
Predefined Constants
DateTimeInterface::ATOMDATE_ATOM
Atom (example: 2005-08-15T15:52:01+00:00)
DateTimeInterface::COOKIEDATE_COOKIE
HTTP Cookies (example: Monday, 15-Aug-2005 15:52:01 UTC)
DateTimeInterface::ISO8601DATE_ISO8601
ISO-8601 (example: 2005-08-15T15:52:01+0000)
DateTimeInterface::RFC822
DATE_RFC822
RFC 822 (example: Mon, 15 Aug 05 15:52:01 +0000)
DateTimeInterface::RFC850DATE_RFC850
RFC 850 (example: Monday, 15-Aug-05 15:52:01 UTC)
DateTimeInterface::RFC1036DATE_RFC1036
RFC 1036 (example: Mon, 15 Aug 05 15:52:01 +0000)
DateTimeInterface::RFC1123DATE_RFC1123
RFC 1123 (example: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:52:01 +0000)
DateTimeInterface::RFC7231DATE_RFC7231
RFC 7231 (since PHP 7.0.19 and 7.1.5) (example: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:52:13 GMT)
DateTimeInterface::RFC2822DATE_RFC2822
RFC 2822 (example: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:52:01 +0000)
DateTimeInterface::RFC3339DATE_RFC3339
Same as DATE_ATOM
DateTimeInterface::RFC3339_EXTENDEDDATE_RFC3339_EXTENDED
RFC 3339 EXTENDED format (example: 2005-08-15T15:52:01.000+00:00)
DateTimeInterface::RSSDATE_RSS
RSS (example: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:52:01 +0000)
DateTimeInterface::W3CDATE_W3C
World Wide Web Consortium (example: 2005-08-15T15:52:01+00:00)
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