PHP: strftime() function

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Description

The strftime() function is used to get a local time/date format according to the localization settings.

Version:

(PHP 4 and above)

Syntax:

strftime(format, timestamp )

Parameters:

Name	Description	Required / Optional	Type
format	Day : %a - Short day abbreviation ( Sun through Sat) %A - A full day name ( Sunday through Saturday) %d - Numeric day of the month with leading zeros (01 to 31) %e - Day of the month without leading zeros (1 to 31 ) %j - Day of the year, 3 digits with leading zeros (001 to 366) %u - ISO-8601 numeric day of the week 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday) %w - Numeric day of the week 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) Week : %U - Week number of a specified year, starting with the first Sunday as the first week 13 (for the 13th full week of the year) %V - ISO-8601:1988 week number of a specific year, starting the first week of the year with at least 4 weekdays. Example : Monday being the start of the week 01 through 53 %W - Numeric representation of week number of year. Week starting from Monday Month : %b - Abbreviated month name (Jan through Dec) %B - Full month name (January through December) %h - Abbreviated month name (Jan through Dec) %m - Numeric representation of the month in two digits 01 (for January) through 12 (for December) Year : %C - Numeric representation of the century in two digits %g - Two digit representation of the year going by ISO-8601:1988 standards %G - The full four-digit representation of the year %y - Numeric representation of the year in two digits (Example: 99 for1999) %Y - Four digit representation for the year Example: 2011 Time : %H - 24-hour format of an hour (00 through 23) %I - 12-hour format of an hour (01 through 12 ) %l - 12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros (1 to 12) %M -Minutes with leading zeros (00 through 59) %p - UPPER-CASE 'AM' or 'PM' %P - lower-case 'am' or 'pm' %r - Same as "%I:%M:%S %p" %R - Same as "%H:%M" %S - Seconds with leading zero (00 through 59) %T - Same as "%H:%M:%S" %X - Represent times without the date %z - The time zone offset from UTC or the abbreviation %Z - The time zone offset or abbreviation if option NOT given by %z Time and Date Stamps : %c - A specific date and time stamp based on local %D - Same as "%m/%d/%y" %F - Same as "%Y-%m-%d" (usually used in database datestamps) %s - Unix Epoch Time timestamp %x - A date representation based on locale date, without the time Miscellaneous : %n - A newline character ("\n") %t - A Tab character ("\t") %% - A literal percentage character ("%")	optional	string
timestamp	An integer indicates the unixtimestamp. If a timestamp is not supplied, it gives the current local time.	optional	integer

Return value

A formatted string.

Value Type: String.

Example:

<?php
echo(strftime("%B %D %Y %X", mktime(10,0,0,11,21,2004))."<br />");
echo(strftime("%b %d %Y %X", mktime(20,0,0,12,31,98))."<br />");
echo(strftime("Today is %a on %b %d, %Y, %X time zone: %Z",time()));
?>

Sample Output:

November  2004 10:00:00
Dec 31 1998 20:00:00
Today is Wed on Jan 19, 2011, 06:02:31 time zone: India Standard Time

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See also

PHP Function Reference

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