How to create DateTime object from string in symfony2/php

Question

In a DB table I have several fields with datetime as field type. So I need to persist data only as date time object.

From a form I get date time as string l

Answer 1

i always create DateTime object with its constructor, os in your case it would be:

$protocol->setStartedAt(new \DateTime($post['started_at']));

if this works, but does not use the timestamp posted you probably do not have the value in $post['started_at']. Try debuging it or just do the dirty trick:

die($post['started_at']);