DateTimeImmutable::createFromMutable

(PHP 5 >= 5.6.0, PHP 7)

DateTimeImmutable::createFromMutable — Returns new DateTimeImmutable object encapsulating the given DateTime object

public static DateTimeImmutable DateTimeImmutable::createFromMutable ( DateTime $datetime )

datetime: The mutable DateTime object that you want to convert to an immutable version. This object is not modified, but instead a new DateTimeImmutable object is created containing the same date time and timezone information.

Example #1 Creating an immutable date time object

  <?php
$date  = new  DateTime ( "2014-06-20 11:45 Europe/London" );

 $immutable  =  DateTimeImmutable :: createFromMutable (  $date  );
 ?>

Returns a new DateTimeImmutable instance.