DateFormatter::format

datefmt_format

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datefmt_format — Format the date/time value as a string

Description

Object oriented style

string DateFormatter::format ( mixed $value )

Procedural style

string datefmt_format ( DateFormatter $fmt , mixed $value )

Formats the time value as a string.

Parameters

fmt: The date formatter resource.
value: Value to format. Can be integer for an Unix timestamp value (seconds since epoch, UTC) or array for a localtime() array.

Return Values

The formatted string or, if an error occurred, FALSE.

Examples

Example #1 datefmt_format() example


<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN  );
echo "First Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN  );
echo "Second Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);

$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN  ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN  ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
?>

Example #2 OO example


<?php
$fmt = new DateFormatter( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN  );
echo "First Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new DateFormatter( "de-DE" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN  );
echo "Second Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);

$fmt = new DateFormatter( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN  ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new DateFormatter( "de-DE" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN , "MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".$fmt->format(0);
?>

The above example will output:

         First Formatted output is Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT
Second Formatted output is Mittwoch, 31. Dezember 1969 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00
First Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969
Second Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969