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How to get WooCommerce orders created from a given start date?


I need to get orders only if order was created from given date, let's say: 01/11/2024. Then I would get order created from the day 01/11/2024 to the actual date (today).

I found this code which does something similar fetching orders within the last 24h only. I guess I need to convert my date to timestamp like:

$myDate = '2024/11/01';
$timestamp = strtotime($myDate);

But I can not figure out how to integrate/modify:

$order = wc_get_order( $customer_order );          
        
$date_created_dt = $order->get_date_completed();            
        
$timezone        = $date_created_dt->getTimezone(); // Get the timezone
$date_created_ts = $date_created_dt->getTimestamp(); // Get the timestamp in seconds

$now_dt = new WC_DateTime(); // Get current WC_DateTime object instance
$now_dt->setTimezone( $timezone ); // Set the same time zone
$now_ts = $now_dt->getTimestamp(); // Get the current timestamp in seconds

$twenty_four_hours = 24 * 60 * 60; // 24hours in seconds

$diff_in_seconds = $now_ts - $date_created_ts; // Get the difference (in seconds)

// Output
if ( $diff_in_seconds < $twenty_four_hours ) {
    echo '<p>Order created LESS than 24 hours ago</p>';
} 
        
        

Solution

  • To get all orders starting from a given date, you can use a query compatible with High-Performance Order Storage (HPOS) using wc_get_orders() function with date_created argument as follows:

    $start_date = '2024/11/01';
    
    $start_date_obj = new WC_DateTime($start_date); // Get the WC_DateTime object 
    $start_date_obj->setTimezone( wp_timezone() ); // Set WordPress timezone
    
    // Query all orders starting from the defined date
    $orders = wc_get_orders( array(
        'limit'         => -1,
        'date_created'  => '>=' . $start_date_obj->date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s' ) ), 
    ) );
    
    // Loop through orders starting from the given date
    foreach ( $orders as $order ) {
        // Do something
    }
    

    For the timezone: Using WordPress wp_timezone() is much more simpler.

    Other useful WC_Order_Query arguments:

    The order statuses to query using 'status',
    The user ID to target using 'customer',
    The date type: 'date_created', 'date_modified', 'date_completed' or 'date_paid'.

    See wc_get_orders and WC_Order_Query developer dodumentation


    To filter an order from a given start date, we start using a similar code:

    $start_date = '2024/11/01';
    
    $start_date_obj   = new WC_DateTime($start_date); // Get the WC_DateTime object 
    $start_date_obj->setTimezone( wp_timezone() ); // Set WordPress timezone
    
    $order = wc_get_order( $order_id );  // Get the WC_Order object form the ID
    
    $order_date = $order->get_date_created(); // Get order creation date object
    
    // Dates timestamp comparision 
    if ( $order_date->getTimestamp() >= $start_date_obj->getTimestamp() ) {
        // Output something
        printf( '<p>Order created after %s start date.</p>', $start_date );
    } 
    

    See WC_DateTime Class and methods and native PHP DateTime Class and methods.