PHP - idate() Function | 1SMARTchicken

September 22, 2024

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The PHP idate() function formats a local time and/or date as integer.

<?php
echo idate('B');
?>

Output

Syntax

idate(format, timestamp)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
format	Specifies how to return the result: B - Swatch Beat/Internet Time d - Day of the month h - Hour (12 hour format) H - Hour (24 hour format) i - Minutes I - returns 1 if DST (daylight saving time) is activated, 0 otherwise L - returns 1 for leap year, 0 otherwise m - Month number s - Seconds t - Days in current month U - Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT) w - Day of the week (Sunday=0) W - ISO-8601 week number of year (week starts on Monday) y - Year (1 or 2 digits) Y - Year (4 digits) z - Day of the year Z - Timezone offset in seconds
timestamp	Specifies a Unix timestamp that represents the date and/or time to be formatted (default is the current local time)

Parameter

Description

format

Specifies how to return the result:

B - Swatch Beat/Internet Time

d - Day of the month

h - Hour (12 hour format)

H - Hour (24 hour format)

i - Minutes

I - returns 1 if DST (daylight saving time) is activated, 0 otherwise

L - returns 1 for leap year, 0 otherwise

m - Month number

s - Seconds

t - Days in current month

U - Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)

w - Day of the week (Sunday=0)

W - ISO-8601 week number of year (week starts on Monday)

y - Year (1 or 2 digits)

Y - Year (4 digits)

z - Day of the year

Z - Timezone offset in seconds

timestamp

Specifies a Unix timestamp that represents the date and/or time to be formatted (default is the current local time)

PHP Notes:

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