Question

To create an object and set the date to JUNE 22, 2013, which one of the following statement should be executed?

(a) $date = Date(“22 JUNE 2013”)

(b) $date = new Date(“JUNE 22 2013”)

(c) $date = DateTime(“22 JUNE 2013”)

(d) $date = new DateTime(“22 JUNE 2013”)

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Asked question is from Date and Timestamp topic in chapter File and Session Handling in PHP of PHP

Answer 1

Correct option is (d) $date = new DateTime(“22 JUNE 2013”)

To elaborate: The dateTime() method is class constructor. You can set the date either at the time of instantiation or later by using a variety of mutators.