string date(string format, int timestamp);Returns a string formatted according to the given format string using the given timestamp or the current local time if no timestamp is given.
The following characters are recognized in the format string:
U - seconds since the epoch
Y - year, numeric, 4 digits
y - year, numeric, 2 digits
F - month, textual, long; i.e. "January"
M - month, textual, 3 letters; i.e. "Jan"
m - month, numeric
z - day of the year, numeric; i.e. "299"
d - day of the month, numeric, 2 digits (with leading zeros)
j - day of the month, numeric, without leading zeros
l (lowercase 'L') - day of the week, textual, long; i.e. "Friday"
D - day of the week, textual, 3 letters; i.e. "Fri"
w - day of the week, numeric, 1 digit
H - hour, numeric, 24 hour format
h - hour, numeric, 12 hour format
i - minutes, numeric
s - seconds, numeric
A - "AM" or "PM"
a - "am" or "pm"
S - English ordinal suffix, textual, 2 characters; i.e. "th", "nd"
Example 1. date() example print(date( "l dS of F Y h:i:s A" ));
print("July 1, 2000 is on a " . date("l", mktime(0,0,0,7,1,2000))); |
It is possible to use date() and mktime() together to find dates in the future or the past.
Example 2. date() and mktime() example $tomorrow = mktime(0,0,0,date("m") ,date("d")+1,date("Y"));
$lastmonth = mktime(0,0,0,date("m")-1,date("d"), date("Y"));
$nextyear = mktime(0,0,0,date("m"), date("d", date("Y")+1); |