Return a new DateTime object formatted according to the specified format in PHP
Description
The following code shows how to return a new DateTime object formatted according to the specified format.
Example
// ww w . j av a 2 s . c o m
<?php
$date=date_create_from_format("j-M-Y","15-Mar-2013");
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d');
/*
d - Day of the month; with leading zeros
j - Day of the month; without leading zeros
D - Day of the month (Mon - Sun)
l - Day of the month (Monday - Sunday)
S - English suffix for day of the month (st, nd, rd, th)
F - Monthname (January - December)
M - Monthname (Jan-Dec)
m - Month (01-12)
n - Month (1-12)
Y - Year (e.g 2013)
y - Year (e.g 13)
a or A - am or pm
g - 12 hour format with leading zeros
h - 12 hour format without leading zeros
G - 24 hour format with leading zeros
H - 12 hour format without leading zeros
i - Minutes with leading zeros
s - Seconds with leading zeros
u - Microseconds (up to six digits)
e, O, P and T - Timezone identifier
U - Seconds since Unix Epoch
(space)
# - One of the following separation symbol: ;,:,/,.,,,-,(,)
? - A random byte
* - Rondom bytes until next separator/digit
! - Resets all fields to Unix Epoch
| - Resets all fields to Unix Epoch if they have not been parsed yet
+ - If present, trailing data in the string will cause a warning, not an error
*/
?>
The code above generates the following result.
