idate

Name:idate

Category:Date and time

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Format local time/date as integers.

Definition and usage

idate() function formats the local time/date as an integer.

Note: The idate() function only accepts one character as format parameter!

Example

Format local time/date as integer. Test all different formats:

 <?php
echo IDate ( "B" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "d" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "h" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "H" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "i" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "I" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "L" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "m" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "s" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "t" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "U" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "w" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "W" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "y" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "Y" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "z" ) . "<br>" ;
echo IDate ( "Z" ) . "<br>" ;
?>

Try it yourself

grammar

 IDate ( format , timestamp ) ;

parameter	describe
format	Required. Specifies how to return the result: B - Swatch Beat/Internet Time d - What day of a month h - hours (12-hour system) H - Hours (24-hour system) i - points I - Return 1 if Daylight Saving Time is enabled, otherwise return 0 L - Return 1 if leap year, otherwise return 0 m - Number of months s - seconds t - Total days of the month U - The number of seconds elapsed since the Unix Era (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT), the same as time() w - What day of the week (Sunday is 0) W - How many weeks in the ISO-8601 format year, each week starts on Monday y - Year (1 or 2 digits) Y - Year (4 digits) z - What day of the year Z - Time zone offset in seconds
timestamp	Optional. Specifies a Unix timestamp that represents the date/time that needs to be formatted. The default is the current local time (time()).

parameter

describe

format

Required. Specifies how to return the result:

B - Swatch Beat/Internet Time
d - What day of a month
h - hours (12-hour system)
H - Hours (24-hour system)
i - points
I - Return 1 if Daylight Saving Time is enabled, otherwise return 0
L - Return 1 if leap year, otherwise return 0
m - Number of months
s - seconds
t - Total days of the month
U - The number of seconds elapsed since the Unix Era (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT), the same as time()
w - What day of the week (Sunday is 0)
W - How many weeks in the ISO-8601 format year, each week starts on Monday
y - Year (1 or 2 digits)
Y - Year (4 digits)
z - What day of the year
Z - Time zone offset in seconds