create datetime string php code example

Example 1: pasar datetime a string php

$theDate    = new DateTime('2020-03-08');
echo $stringDate = $theDate->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

//output: 2020-03-08 00:00:00

Example 2: create date from string php

$element = '15-Feb-2009';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('j-M-Y', $element);