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PHP The Date

The date() function is used to format a time or a date.


The Date() Function

The date() function is used to format a time or a date.

Syntax

string date (date_format[,int timestamp])

This function returns a string formatted according to the specified format.

Date Formats

The table below shows the characters that may be used in the format string:

Character Description
a "am" or "pm"
A "AM" or "PM"
B Swatch Internet time (000-999)
d Day of the month with a leading zero (01-31)
D Three characters that represents the day of the week (Mon-Sun)
F The full name of the month (January-December)
g The hour in 12-hour format without a leading zero (1-12)
G The hour in 24-hour format without a leading zero (0-23)
h The hour in 12-hour format with a leading zero (01-12)
H The hour in 24-hour format with a leading zero (00-23)
i The minutes with a leading zero (00-59)
I "1" if the date is in daylights savings time, otherwise "0"
j Day of the month without a leading zero (1-31)
l The full name of the day (Monday-Sunday)
L "1" if the year is a leap year, otherwise "0"
m The month as a number, with a leading zero (01-12)
M Three letters that represents the name of the month (Jan-Dec)
n The month as a number without a leading zero (1-12)
O The difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours
r An RFC 822 formatted date (e.g. "Tue, 10 Apr 2005 18:34:07 +0300")
s The seconds with a leading zero (00-59)
S The English ordinal suffix for the day of the month (st, nd, rd or th)
t The number of days in the given month (28-31)
T The local time zone (e.g. "GMT")
U The number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)
w The day of the week as a number (0-6, 0=Sunday)
W ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday
Y The year as a 4-digit number (e.g. 2003)
y The year as a 2-digit number (e.g. 03)
z The day of the year as a number (0-366)

Examples

<?php
//Prints something like: Monday
echo date("l");
//Prints something like: Monday 15th of January 2003 05:51:38 AM
echo date("l dS of F Y h:i:s A");
//Prints something like: Monday the 15th
echo date("l \\t\h\e jS");
?>