How to Combine easter_days and Date Formatting Functions for More Readable Easter Dates

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<span>echo "<p>In PHP, we often need to calculate the date of Easter. PHP provides a very convenient function <code>easter_days()

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2. Calculating the Exact Date of Easter

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We can use the mktime function to add easter_days to March 21 and get the exact date of Easter:

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$easter_timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, 3, 21 + $days_after_march21, $year);
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$easter_date = date('Y-m-d', $easter_timestamp);\n";<br>
</span><span>echo "echo $easter_date; // Output: " . date('Y-m-d', $easter_timestamp) . "

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3. Using Date Formatting Functions for More Readable Dates

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PHP offers a variety of date formatting options, for example:

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$readable_date = date('l, F j, Y', $easter_timestamp); // Outputs weekday, month name, day, year
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$readable_date = date('l, F j, Y', $easter_timestamp);\n";<br>
</span><span>echo "echo $readable_date; // Output: $readable_date

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This way, we can display the Easter date in a form like Sunday, April 20, 2025, making it easy to read at a glance.

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Summary

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By combining easter_days() and date() functions, we can:

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Quickly calculate the date of Easter.

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Format the date into a readable form, including full weekday, month name, and year.

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Conveniently display the Easter date on websites or applications.

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How to Combine easter_days and Date Formatting Functions for More Readable Easter Dates