Date minus 1 year?

Question

I\'ve got a date in this format:

2009-01-01

How do I return the same date but 1 year earlier?

Answer 1

Although there are many acceptable answers in response to this question, I don't see any examples of the sub method using the \Datetime object: https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.sub.php

So, for reference, you can also use a \DateInterval to modify a \Datetime object:

$date = new \DateTime('2009-01-01');
$date->sub(new \DateInterval('P1Y'));

echo $date->format('Y-m-d');

Which returns:

2008-01-01

For more information about \DateInterval, refer to the documentation: https://www.php.net/manual/en/class.dateinterval.php