Centum\Clock\SystemClock

SystemClock provides the current system time, optionally in a specified timezone. It always returns the actual current time, making it suitable for production use.

Constructor

Centum\Clock\SystemClock(
    ?DateTimeZone $timeZone = null
);

• $timeZone: The time zone for the clock (default is system timezone).

Usage

Create a new system clock instance:

use Centum\Clock\SystemClock;

$clock = new SystemClock();

You can optionally specify a timezone:

use Centum\Clock\SystemClock;
use DateTimeZone;

$clock = new SystemClock(
    new DateTimeZone("UTC")
);

Sleeping

The sleep() method internally calls the sleep() function, so it will delay the program execution by the given number of seconds.

$clock->sleep(5);

Getting the Current Time

The now() method returns a DateTimeImmutable instance representing the current system time:

$now = $clock->now();

$model->setDateUpdated($now);