PHP strftime() Function

In this chapter you will learn:

Definition for PHP strftime() Function
Syntax for PHP strftime() Function
Parameter for PHP strftime() Function
Format for PHP strftime() Function
Return value for PHP strftime() Function
Example - Format local date and time according to locale settings

Definition

The strftime() function formats a local time and/or date according to locale settings.

Syntax

PHP strftime() Function has the following syntax.

strftime(format,timestamp);

Parameter

Parameter	Is required	Description
format	Required.	How to return the result
timestamp	Optional.	A Unix timestamp that represents the date and/or time to be formatted. Default is the current local time (time())

Format

format parameter

%a - abbreviated weekday name
%A - full weekday name
%b - abbreviated month name
%B - full month name
%c - preferred date and time representation
%C - century number (the year divided by 100, range 00 to 99)
%d - day of the month (01 to 31)
%D - same as %m/%d/%y
%e - day of the month (1 to 31)
%g - like %G, but without the century
%G - 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V).
%h - same as %b
%H - hour, using a 24-hour clock (00 to 23)
%I - hour, using a 12-hour clock (01 to 12)
%j - day of the year (001 to 366)
%m - month (01 to 12)
%M - minute
%n - newline character
%p - either am or pm according to the given time value
%r - time in a.m. and p.m. notation
%R - time in 24 hour notation
%S - second
%t - tab character
%T - current time, equal to %H:%M:%S
%u - weekday as a number (1 to 7), Monday=1. Warning: In Sun Solaris Sunday=1
%U - week number of the current year, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week
%V - The ISO 8601 week number of the current year (01 to 53), where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week
%W - week number of the current year, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week
%w - day of the week as a decimal, Sunday=0
%x - preferred date representation without the time
%X - preferred time representation without the date
%y - year without a century (range 00 to 99)
%Y - year including the century
%Z or %z - time zone or name or abbreviation
%% - a literal % character

Return

PHP strftime() Function returns a string formatted according format using the given timestamp.

Example

Format local date and time according to locale settings:


<?php/* ja v  a  2  s  .c o  m*/
echo(strftime("%B %d %Y, %X %Z",mktime(20,0,0,12,31,98))."<br>");
setlocale(LC_ALL,"hu_HU.UTF8");
echo(strftime("%Y. %B %d. %A. %X %Z"));
?>