DateTime: constructor accepts timezone as string

Author: dg

src/Utils/DateTime.php

@@ -99,14 +99,16 @@ public static function createFromFormat(
 		if (is_string($timezone)) {
 			$timezone = new \DateTimeZone($timezone);
 		}
-
 		$date = parent::createFromFormat($format, $datetime, $timezone);
 		return $date ? static::from($date) : false;
 	}
 
 
-	public function __construct(string $datetime = 'now', ?\DateTimeZone $timezone = null)
+	public function __construct(string $datetime = 'now', \DateTimeZone|string|null $timezone = null)
 	{
+		if (is_string($timezone)) {
+			$timezone = new \DateTimeZone($timezone);
+		}
 		$this->apply($datetime, $timezone, true);
 	}
 

tests/Utils/DateTime.construct.phpt

@@ -91,6 +91,15 @@ test('Timezone handling', function () {
 	$dt = new DateTime('2024-11-11', $utcTz);
 	Assert::same($utcTz->getName(), $dt->getTimezone()->getName(), 'Absolute date string uses provided timezone (UTC)');
 	Assert::same('2024-11-11 00:00:00 UTC (+00:00)', $dt->format('Y-m-d H:i:s T (P)'));
+
+	// Timezone as string
+	$dt = new DateTime('2024-06-01 12:00:00', 'Europe/Prague');
+	Assert::same('Europe/Prague', $dt->getTimezone()->getName());
+
+	// Invalid timezone
+	Assert::exception(function() {
+	    new DateTime('2024-06-01 12:00:00', 'Invalid/Timezone');
+	}, Throwable::class);
 });