create DateTime string for the beginning and the end of the day

Question

If I have a string of the following:

"2013-10-28"

and when I convert to a DateTime using the following function:

new \DateTime("2013-10-28");

it always gives me a DateTime with the time not set.

I want to have two DateTime :

• one marking the beginning of the day, meaning at 00:00:00
• another DateTime which is on the same date but at the end of the day 23:59:59.

How do I do this given the string above?

Answer 1

Use DateTime::setTime

$d = new \DateTime("2013-10-28");
$d->setTime(23, 59, 59);

Answer 2

Have a look at all possible compound formats.

The MySQL format should be the easiest for your use case:

new \DateTime("2013-10-28 00:00:00");
new \DateTime("2013-10-28 23:59:59");