Combing a date column and separate time column into one result

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#1

How do I take separate date and time columns into one field that is then sent to the entity for save

#3 
$date = $data['ORDERDATE'] + $data['ORDERTIME'];
$data['ORDERDATE'] = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($date));
#4

The code you posted seems like it would just double up on the valued (since it literally slams them together).
As far as I know, you can’t really “combine” them as-is.
What are the input values and what do you expect to come out?