respect-validation/docs/validators/DateTime.md
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# DateTime
- `DateTime()`
- `DateTime(string $format)`
Validates whether an input is a date/time or not.
The `$format` argument should be in accordance to [DateTime::format()][]. See more in the [Formats](#formats) section.
When a `$format` is not given its default value is `Y-m-d H:i:s`.
```php
v::dateTime()->assert('2009-01-01');
// Validation passes successfully
```
Also accepts [strtotime()](http://php.net/strtotime) values:
```php
v::dateTime()->assert('now');
// Validation passes successfully
```
And `DateTimeInterface` instances:
```php
v::dateTime()->assert(new DateTime());
// Validation passes successfully
v::dateTime()->assert(new DateTimeImmutable());
// Validation passes successfully
```
You can pass a format when validating strings:
```php
v::dateTime('Y-m-d')->assert('01-01-2009');
// → "01-01-2009" must be a date/time in the "2005-12-30" format
```
Format has no effect when validating DateTime instances.
Message template for this validator includes `{{sample}}`.
## Formats
Note that this validator validates whether the input **matches a given [DateTime::format()][] format** and **NOT if the input
can be parsed with a given [DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat()][] format**. That makes the validation stricter but
offers some limitations.
The way [DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat()][] parses an input allows for many different conversions. Overall
[DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat()][] tend to be more lenient than [DateTime::format()][]. This might be what
you desire, and you may want to use [Satisfies](Satisfies.md) to create a custom validation.
```php
$input = '2014-04-12T23:20:50.052Z';
v::satisfies(fn($input) => is_string($input) && DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::RFC3339_EXTENDED, $input))
->assert($input);
// Validation passes successfully
v::dateTime(DateTime::RFC3339_EXTENDED)->assert($input);
// → "2014-04-12T23:20:50.052Z" must be a date/time in the "2005-12-30T01:02:03.000+00:00" format
```
## Templates
### `DateTime::TEMPLATE_STANDARD`
| Mode | Template |
| ---------: | :---------------------------------- |
| `default` | {{subject}} must be a date/time |
| `inverted` | {{subject}} must not be a date/time |
### `DateTime::TEMPLATE_FORMAT`
| Mode | Template |
| ---------: | :----------------------------------------------------------- |
| `default` | {{subject}} must be a date/time in the {{sample}} format |
| `inverted` | {{subject}} must not be a date/time in the {{sample}} format |
## Template placeholders
| Placeholder | Description |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `subject` | The validated input or the custom validator name (if specified). |
| `sample` | |
## Categorization
- Date and Time
## Changelog
| Version | Description |
| ------: | :----------------------------------------- |
| 3.0.0 | Templates changed |
| 2.3.0 | Validation became a lot stricter |
| 2.2.4 | `v::dateTime('z')` is no longer supported. |
| 2.0.0 | Created |
## See Also
- [Between](Between.md)
- [BetweenExclusive](BetweenExclusive.md)
- [Date](Date.md)
- [DateTimeDiff](DateTimeDiff.md)
- [LeapDate](LeapDate.md)
- [LeapYear](LeapYear.md)
- [Satisfies](Satisfies.md)
- [Time](Time.md)
[DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat()]: https://www.php.net/datetimeimmutable.createfromformat
[DateTime::format()]: https://www.php.net/datetime.format