Creating DateTime object with DateTime::createFromFormat() fails

Question

I have been given a date string from an API in the format e.g.

20120522T143127

I am trying to convert this to a DateTime object, but the object creation fails because of the 'T' (I think).

This is my current code:

$date   = DateTime::createFromFormat( "YMDTHis", '20120522T143127' );
$result = $date->format( $format );

What am I missing?

I also tried:

$date   = DateTime::createFromFormat( "YMD\THis", '20120522T143127' );

Returned datetime formatting from calling an API - out of my hands. — myol
– myol, Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 10:24
You have YMD when you need to have Ymd. And btw: this is standard format, so just use new DateTime('20120522T143127') — Glavić
– Glavić, Commented Jul 20, 2015 at 10:57

Rizier123 · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-20 10:21:18Z

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Your format is a bit wrong:

M A short textual representation of a month, three letters Jan through Dec
- Use m instead of M
- m Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros 01 through 12
D A textual representation of a day, three letters Mon through Sun
- Use d instead of D
- d Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros 01 to 31
Just escape the T with a backslash

So just use:

Ymd\THis

answered Jul 20, 2015 at 10:21

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Disha V. · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-20 10:27:16Z

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echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime('20120522T143127'));

answered Jul 20, 2015 at 10:27

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