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#DateFactory A factory for \DateTime objects with checks that the date string supplied matches the format supplied.

##Installation Install using composer, add the following to composer.json:-

"require": {
    "vascowhite/datefactory": "v1.1.x"
}

##Why Because \DateTime::createFromFormat() does stupid things and I needed a way of doing server side validation on user supplied dates.

##DateFactory There is just one public method:

####DateFactory::getDate() Signature:-

DateTime DateFactory::getDate(String $date, String $format, [String $timeZone])

Arguments $date is a string representing a date/time, e.g. '2014-14 14:12:10'. $format Format string. Available formats are any available for \DateTime::createFromFormat(). $timeZone Optional. A valid Time Zone identifier from this list.

Example

$dateTime = DateFactory::getDate('2014-12-25 12:00:00',  'Y-m-d H:i:s', 'Europe/London');

Return Returns a DateTime object or false on failure.