DateTimeConverter

Converter which transforms from string, integer and array into DateTime objects.

For integers the default is to treat them as a unix timestamp. If a format to cerate from is given, this will be used instead.

If source is a string it is expected to be formatted according to DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT. This default date format can be overridden in the initialize*Action() method like this::

$this->arguments[''] ->getPropertyMappingConfiguration() ->forProperty('') // this line can be skipped in order to specify the format for all properties ->setTypeConverterOption(\Neos\Flow\Property\TypeConverter\DateTimeConverter::class, \Neos\Flow\Property\TypeConverter\DateTimeConverter::CONFIGURATION_DATE_FORMAT, '');

If the source is of type array, it is possible to override the format in the source::

array( 'date' => '', 'dateFormat' => '' );

By using an array as source you can also override time and timezone of the created DateTime object::

array( 'date' => '', 'hour' => '', // integer 'minute' => '', // integer 'seconds' => '', // integer 'timezone' => '', // string, see http://www.php.net/manual/timezones.php );

As an alternative to providing the date as string, you might supply day, month and year as array items each::

array( 'day' => '', // integer 'month' => '', // integer 'year' => '', // integer );