Convert internationalized date into DateTime object

Author: bnymn

app/code/Magento/Newsletter/Model/Queue.php

@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ public function setQueueStartAtByString($startAt)
         if ($startAt === null || $startAt == '') {
             $this->setQueueStartAt(null);
         } else {
-            $startAt = $this->timezone->convertConfigTimeToUtc($startAt, null);
+            $startAt = $this->timezone->convertConfigTimeToUtcWithPattern($startAt, 'Y-m-d H:i:s', null);
             $this->setQueueStartAt($startAt);
         }
         return $this;

lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Stdlib/DateTime/Timezone.php

@@ -306,8 +306,25 @@ public function formatDateTime(
      * @param string $format
      * @throws LocalizedException
      * @return string
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function convertConfigTimeToUtc($date, $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s')
+    {
+        return $this->convertConfigTimeToUtcWithPattern($date, $format);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert date from config timezone to Utc.
+     * If pass \DateTime object as argument be sure that timezone is the same with config timezone
+     *
+     * @param string|\DateTimeInterface $date
+     * @param string $format
+     * @param string $pattern
+     * @throws LocalizedException
+     * @return string
+     * @deprecated
+     */
+    public function convertConfigTimeToUtcWithPattern($date, $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $pattern = 'Y-M-dd HH:mm:ss')
     {
         if (!($date instanceof \DateTimeInterface)) {
             if ($date instanceof \DateTimeImmutable) {
@@ -319,7 +336,7 @@ public function convertConfigTimeToUtc($date, $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s')
                     \IntlDateFormatter::MEDIUM,
                     $this->getConfigTimezone(),
                     null,
-                    $format
+                    $pattern
                 );
                 $unixTime = $formatter->parse($date);
                 $dateTime = new DateTime($this);
@@ -343,6 +360,7 @@ public function convertConfigTimeToUtc($date, $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s')
         return $date->format($format);
     }
 
+
     /**
      * Retrieve date with time
      *

lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Stdlib/DateTime/TimezoneInterface.php

@@ -143,6 +143,15 @@ public function formatDateTime(
      * @param string $format
      * @return string
      * @since 100.1.0
+     * @deprecated
      */
     public function convertConfigTimeToUtc($date, $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
+
+    /**
+     * @param $date
+     * @param string $format
+     * @param string $pattern
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function convertConfigTimeToUtcWithPattern($date, $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $pattern = 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
 }