PHP Manual: Parses a time string according to a specified format

Object-oriented style

public static DateTimefalse DateTime::createFromFormat(string $format, string $datetime, DateTimeZonenull $timezone = null)

Procedural style

DateTimefalse date_create_from_format(string $format, string $datetime, DateTimeZonenull $timezone = null)

Returns a new DateTime object representing the date and time specified by the datetime string, which was formatted in the given format.

Like DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat and date_create_immutable_from_format, respectively, but creates a DateTime object.

This method, including parameters, examples, and considerations are documented on the DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat page.

Returns a new DateTime instance or false on failure.

This method throws ValueError when the datetime contains NULL-bytes.

Version	Description
8.0.21, 8.1.8, 8.2.0	Now throws ValueError when NULL-bytes are passed into `datetime`, which previously was silently ignored.

For an extensive set of examples, see DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat.

DateTime::createFromFormat