date_format - Alias for DateTime::format - Returns the date set according to the given format

Name:date_format

Category:Date and time

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Returns the date formatted according to the specified format.

Definition and usage

date_format() function returns the date formatted according to the specified format.

Return a new DateTime object and format the date:

 <?php
$date = date_create ( "2016-09-25" ) ;
echo date_format ( $date , "Y/m/d H:i:s" ) ;
?>

Try it yourself

 date_format ( object , format ) ;

parameter	describe
object	Required. Specifies the DateTime object returned by date_create() .
format	Required. Format for specified dates.

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