Syntax
date(format,timestamp) The timestamp is optional, format options are listed below: Specifies how to format the result:- d - The day of the month (from 01 to 31)
- D - A textual representation of a day (three letters)
- j - The day of the month without leading zeros (1 to 31)
- l (lowercase 'L') - A full textual representation of a day
- N - The ISO-8601 numeric representation of a day (1 for Monday through 7 for Sunday)
- S - The English ordinal suffix for the day of the month (2 characters st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j)
- w - A numeric representation of the day (0 for Sunday through 6 for Saturday)
- z - The day of the year (from 0 through 365)
- W - The ISO-8601 week number of year (weeks starting on Monday)
- F - A full textual representation of a month (January through December)
- m - A numeric representation of a month (from 01 to 12)
- M - A short textual representation of a month (three letters)
- n - A numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros (1 to 12)
- t - The number of days in the given month
- L - Whether it's a leap year (1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise)
- o - The ISO-8601 year number
- Y - A four digit representation of a year
- y - A two digit representation of a year
- a - Lowercase am or pm
- A - Uppercase AM or PM
- B - Swatch Internet time (000 to 999)
- g - 12-hour format of an hour (1 to 12)
- G - 24-hour format of an hour (0 to 23)
- h - 12-hour format of an hour (01 to 12)
- H - 24-hour format of an hour (00 to 23)
- i - Minutes with leading zeros (00 to 59)
- s - Seconds, with leading zeros (00 to 59)
- e - The timezone identifier (Examples: UTC, Atlantic/Azores)
- I (capital i) - Whether the date is in daylights savings time (1 if Daylight Savings Time, 0 otherwise)
- O - Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours (Example: +0100)
- T - Timezone setting of the PHP machine (Examples: EST, MDT)
- Z - Timezone offset in seconds. The offset west of UTC is negative, and the offset east of UTC is positive (-43200 to 43200)
- c - The ISO-8601 date (e.g. 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00)
- r - The RFC 2822 formatted date (e.g. Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200)
- U - The seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)
Revisions
- May 30, 2012 @ 01:59:33 [Current Revision] by PeterLugg
- May 30, 2012 @ 01:59:24 by PeterLugg
- May 30, 2012 @ 01:55:41 by PeterLugg
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Added: Taken from: <a href="http:// www.w3schools.com/php/func_ date_date.asp" target="_blank" >http://www.w3schools.com/ php/func_date_ date.asp</a> | |||
Added: The date() function formats a local time/date. | |||
Added: <h2>Syntax</h2> | |||
Added: date(format,timestamp) | |||
Added: The timestamp is optional, format options are listed below: | |||
Added: Specifies how to format the result: | |||
Deleted: | Added: <ul> | ||
Added: <li>d - The day of the month (from 01 to 31)</li> | |||
Added: <li>D - A textual representation of a day (three letters)</li> | |||
Added: <li>j - The day of the month without leading zeros (1 to 31)</li> | |||
Added: <li>l (lowercase 'L') - A full textual representation of a day</li> | |||
Added: <li>N - The ISO-8601 numeric representation of a day (1 for Monday through 7 for Sunday)</li> | |||
Added: <li>S - The English ordinal suffix for the day of the month (2 characters st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j)</li> | |||
Added: <li>w - A numeric representation of the day (0 for Sunday through 6 for Saturday)</li> | |||
Added: <li>z - The day of the year (from 0 through 365)</li> | |||
Added: <li>W - The ISO-8601 week number of year (weeks starting on Monday)</li> | |||
Added: <li>F - A full textual representation of a month (January through December)</li> | |||
Added: <li>m - A numeric representation of a month (from 01 to 12)</li> | |||
Added: <li>M - A short textual representation of a month (three letters)</li> | |||
Added: <li>n - A numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros (1 to 12)</li> | |||
Added: <li>t - The number of days in the given month</li> | |||
Added: <li>L - Whether it's a leap year (1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise)</li> | |||
Added: <li>o - The ISO-8601 year number</li> | |||
Added: <li>Y - A four digit representation of a year</li> | |||
Added: <li>y - A two digit representation of a year</li> | |||
Added: <li>a - Lowercase am or pm</li> | |||
Added: <li>A - Uppercase AM or PM</li> | |||
Added: <li>B - Swatch Internet time (000 to 999)</li> | |||
Added: <li>g - 12-hour format of an hour (1 to 12)</li> | |||
Added: <li>G - 24-hour format of an hour (0 to 23)</li> | |||
Added: <li>h - 12-hour format of an hour (01 to 12)</li> | |||
Added: <li>H - 24-hour format of an hour (00 to 23)</li> | |||
Added: <li>i - Minutes with leading zeros (00 to 59)</li> | |||
Added: <li>s - Seconds, with leading zeros (00 to 59)</li> | |||
Added: <li>e - The timezone identifier (Examples: UTC, Atlantic/Azores)</li> | |||
Added: <li>I (capital i) - Whether the date is in daylights savings time (1 if Daylight Savings Time, 0 otherwise)</li> | |||
Added: <li>O - Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours (Example: +0100)</li> | |||
Added: <li>T - Timezone setting of the PHP machine (Examples: EST, MDT)</li> | |||
Added: <li>Z - Timezone offset in seconds. The offset west of UTC is negative, and the offset east of UTC is positive (-43200 to 43200)</li> | |||
Added: <li>c - The ISO-8601 date (e.g. 2004-02-12T15: 19:21+00:00)</li> | |||
Added: <li>r - The RFC 2822 formatted date (e.g. Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200)</li> | |||
Added: <li>U - The seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)</li> | |||
Added: </ul> | |||
Added: [php]<?php | |||
Added: echo("Result with date():<br />"); | |||
Added: echo(date("l") . "<br />"); | |||
Added: echo(date("l dS \of F Y h:i:s A") . "<br />"); | |||
Added: echo("Oct 3,1975 was on a ".date("l", mktime(0,0,0,10,3,1975) )."<br />"); | |||
Added: echo(date(DATE_RFC822) . "<br />"); | |||
Added: echo(date(DATE_ ATOM,mktime(0,0,0,10,3,1975)) . "<br /><br />"); | |||
Added: echo("Result with gmdate():<br />"); | |||
Added: echo(gmdate("l") . "<br />"); | |||
Added: echo(gmdate("l dS \of F Y h:i:s A") . "<br />"); | |||
Added: echo("Oct 3,1975 was on a ".gmdate( "l", mktime(0,0,0,10,3,1975) )."<br />"); | |||
Added: echo(gmdate(DATE_RFC822) . "<br />"); | |||
Added: echo(gmdate(DATE_ ATOM,mktime(0,0,0,10,3,1975)) . "<br />"); | |||
Added: ?>[/php] | |||
Added: <strong>The output of the code above could be something like this:</strong> | |||
Added: Result with date(): | |||
Added: Tuesday | |||
Added: Tuesday 24th of January 2006 02:41:22 PM | |||
Added: Oct 3,1975 was on a Friday | |||
Added: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 14:41:22 CET | |||
Added: 1975-10-03T00:00:00+0100 | |||
Added: Result with gmdate(): | |||
Added: Tuesday | |||
Added: Tuesday 24th of January 2006 01:41:22 PM | |||
Added: Oct 3,1975 was on a Thursday | |||
Added: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 13:41:22 GMT | |||
Added: 1975-10-02T23:00:00+0000 |
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