PHP | idate() Function

int idate( $format, $timestamp )

• $format: It is a mandatory parameter which specifies the format of the result. The format parameter can have the following values:
  • B - Swatch Beat/Internet Time
  • d - Day of the month
  • h - Hour (12 hour format)
  • H - Hour (24 hour format)
  • i - Minutes
  • I - returns 1 if DST (daylight saving time) is activated, 0 otherwise
  • L - returns 1 for leap year, 0 otherwise
  • m - Month number
  • s - Seconds
  • t - Days in current month
  • U - Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)
  • w - Day of the week (Sunday=0)
  • W - ISO-8601 week number of year (week starts on Monday)
  • y - Year (1 or 2 digits)
  • Y - Year (4 digits)
  • z - Day of the year
  • Z - Timezone offset in seconds
• $timestamp: It is an optional parameter which specifies a Unix timestamp that represents the date/time to be formatted.

• The idate() function throws a E_NOTICE on every call to a date/time if the time zone is not valid.
• The idate() function throws a E_STRICT or E_WARNING message if using the system settings or the TZ environment variable.

<?php

// Formatting local date/time as Year
echo idate("Y") . "<br>";

// Formatting local date/time as Hour(24 hr format)
echo idate("H") . "<br>";

// Formatting local date/time as Minutes
echo idate("i") . "<br>";

// Formatting local date/time as day of the year 
echo idate("z") . "<br>";
?>

2018
11
22
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<?php

// Parsing English textual datetime description into a Unix timestamp
$timestamp = strtotime('24th August 2018'); 

// Formatting local date/time as Year
echo idate('Y', $timestamp);
?>

2018

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