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<refentry xml:id="function.date-create" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>date_create</refname>
  <refpurpose>create a new <classname>DateTime</classname> object</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type class="union"><type>DateTime</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>date_create</methodname>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>string</type><parameter>datetime</parameter><initializer>"now"</initializer></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>DateTimeZone</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>timezone</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   This is the procedural version of
   <methodname>DateTime::__construct</methodname>.
  </para>
  <para>
   Unlike the <classname>DateTime</classname> constructor, it will return
   &false; instead of an exception if the passed in
   <parameter>datetime</parameter> string is invalid.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   See <link linkend="datetimeimmutable.construct">DateTimeImmutable::__construct</link>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a new DateTime instance &return.falseforfailure;
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <simplelist>
   <member><methodname>DateTimeImmutable::__construct</methodname></member>
   <member><methodname>DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat</methodname></member>
   <member><methodname>DateTime::__construct</methodname></member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsect1>

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