DateTime doesn't parse correctly from json

[FoxxMD]

I've got a class with a DateTime property

/**
 * @var DateTime
 */
public $activeAt;

When mapping to the class from a json object which has a serialized DateTime object

stdClass Object
(
    [date] => 2015-05-01 00:00:00.000000
    [timezone_type] => 3
    [timezone] => UTC
)

An exception is thrown

DateTime::setDate() expects exactly 3 parameters, 1 given

In setProperty() in JsonMapper.php (line 381)

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I see under Supported Type names that DateTime is not listed, but immediately after that in simple type mapping there is an example given using DateTime.

Do I need to enforce the DateTime on the serializing object be output as date in order for jsonmapper to correctly parse it?

[cweiske]

The DateTime example shows how a single string in JSON is converted to a DateTime object.

You are trying to map a whole JSON object with three properties onto a DateTime object. So JsonMapper creates a DateTime object, and then tries to set each of the properties separately.
This will not work.

You should add a setActiveAt method that handles the conversion of the JSON object onto DateTime itself.