DateTime library
The DateTime library provides utilities to work with date and time formatting. Provided methods in this library are described below.
Usage
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
formatDate |
Format the date to the Magento internal format |
isEmptyDate |
Check whether provided date value is empty or null |
Example
The following example shows how to format the current date and time into the Magento internal format.
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<?php
use Magento\Framework\Stdlib\DateTime;
...
/**
* @var DateTime
*/
private $dateTime;
/**
* SomeClass constructor.
*
* @param DateTime $dateTime
*/
public function __construct(DateTime $dateTime)
{
$this->dateTime = $dateTime;
}
/**
* display current date to internal format time zone
*
* @return string
*/
public function getFormatDate(): string
{
return $this->dateTime->formatDate(time());
}
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