cakephp/Cake/Database/Type/DateType.php

<?php
/**
 * PHP Version 5.4
 *
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 * Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
 *
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 *
 * @copyright     Copyright (c) Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org)
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 * @since         CakePHP(tm) v 3.0.0
 * @license       MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
 */
namespace Cake\Database\Type;

use Cake\Database\Driver;
use \DateTime;

class DateType extends \Cake\Database\Type {

/**
 * Convert DateTime instance into strings.
 *
 * @param string|Datetime $value The value to convert.
 * @param Driver $driver The driver instance to convert with.
 * @return string
 */
	public function toDatabase($value, Driver $driver) {
		if (is_string($value)) {
			return $value;
		}
		return $value->format('Y-m-d');
	}

/**
 * Convert strings into DateTime instances.
 *
 * @param string $value The value to convert.
 * @param Driver $driver The driver instance to convert with.
 * @return Datetime
 */
	public function toPHP($value, Driver $driver) {
		if ($value === null) {
			return null;
		}
		return DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $value);
	}

}