/**
* Proxy for new Date().
*
* @param string $date String in a format accepted by strtotime(), defaults to "now".
* @param mixed $tz Time zone to be used for the date.
*
* @return Date
*
* @since 1.7.3
*/
public static function getInstance($date = 'now', $tz = null)
{
return new static($date, $tz);
}