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Formatting Date and Time in PHP

Two functions, date() and gmdate(), format dates and times. Date() formats local times while gmdate() formats GMT times. Both accept a format string as the first parameter and an optional timestamp. If no timestamp is provided, the current time is used. Additionally, strftime() and gmstrftime() format dates according to the locale setting, with strftime() for local times and gmstrftime() for GMT. A table lists formatting modifiers that can be used within the format string, including modifiers for AM/PM, century, special characters, days, and months.

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Formatting Date and Time in PHP

Two functions, date() and gmdate(), format dates and times. Date() formats local times while gmdate() formats GMT times. Both accept a format string as the first parameter and an optional timestamp. If no timestamp is provided, the current time is used. Additionally, strftime() and gmstrftime() format dates according to the locale setting, with strftime() for local times and gmstrftime() for GMT. A table lists formatting modifiers that can be used within the format string, including modifiers for AM/PM, century, special characters, days, and months.

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9.4.

2 Formatting Date and Time


Making a GMT date with gmmktime() and then showing it in the current time
zone with the date() function doesnt make much sense. Thus, we also have
two functions for formatting date/time: date() to format a local date/time, and
gmdate() to format a GMT date/time.
Both functions accept exactly the same parameters. The first parameter
is a format string (more about that in a bit), and the second is an optional
timestamp. If the timestamp parameter is not included, the current time is
used in formatting the output. gmdate() and date() always format the date in
English, not in the current locale that is set on your system. Two functions
are provided to format local time/date according to locale settings: strftime()
for local time and gmstrftime() for GMT times. Table 9.6 describes formatting
string characters for both functions. Note that the (gm)strftime() prefix to the
formatting string options with a %.
Table 9.6 Date Formatting Modifiers
Description
date /
gmdate
strftime /
gmstrftime Remarks
AM/PM A
am/pm a %p Either am or pm for the English locale.
Other locales might have their replacements
(for example, nl_NL has an empty
string here).
Century, numeric
two digits
%C Returns the century number 20 for 2004,
and so on.
Character, literal % %% Use this to place a literal character %
inside the formatting string.
Character, newline %n Use this to place a newline character
inside the formatting string.
Character, tab %t Use this to place a tab character inside
the formatting string.
Day count in month t Number of days in the month defined by
the timestamp.
Day of month, leading
spaces
%e Current day in this month defined by the
timestamp. A space is prepended when
the day number is less than 10.
Day of month, leading
zeros
d %D Current day in this month defined by the
timestamp. A zero is prepended when
the day number is less than 10.
Day of month, without
leading zeros
j Current day in this month defined by the
timestamp.
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