How to enter the current date in the AR YII2 model?

Question

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Actually, a question. What are the features? Search is all about formatting. And how to get the date itself?

Answer 1

(new \DateTime('now', new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Moscow')))->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

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The \DateTimeZone constructor parameter naturally differs for different zones.

Answer 2

The model can write time almost automatically. To do this, read the documentation for the TimestampBehavior class. You can record the time the model was created or updated.

Answer 3

To "put" the current date into AR, there is nothing better than:

$attributes = [
    'date' => \yii\db\Expression('NOW()')
]