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<?php $dt='03-16-2005'; date_default_timezone_set("America/New_York"); $d=explode('-',$dt); ; $date = new \DateTime($d[2].'-'.$d[0].'-'.$d[1]); var_dump($date);
Output for 5.4.30 - 5.4.45, 5.5.14 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.38, 7.0.0 - 7.0.31, 7.1.0 - 7.1.23, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
object(DateTime)#1 (3) { ["date"]=> string(26) "2005-03-16 00:00:00.000000" ["timezone_type"]=> int(3) ["timezone"]=> string(16) "America/New_York" }
Output for 5.4.0 - 5.4.29, 5.5.0 - 5.5.13
object(DateTime)#1 (3) { ["date"]=> string(19) "2005-03-16 00:00:00" ["timezone_type"]=> int(3) ["timezone"]=> string(16) "America/New_York" }

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