date_create create a new DateTime object &reftitle.description; DateTimefalsedate_create stringdatetime"now" DateTimeZonenulltimezone&null; This is the procedural version of DateTime::__construct. Unlike the DateTime constructor, it will return &false; instead of an exception if the passed in datetime string is invalid. &reftitle.parameters; See DateTimeImmutable::__construct. &reftitle.returnvalues; Returns a new DateTime instance. &return.falseforfailure.style.procedural; &reftitle.seealso; DateTimeImmutable::__construct DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat DateTime::__construct