PHP/Development/date function
Format Codes for Use with date()
/*
Format Description Example
a "am" or "pm" lowercase pm
A "AM" or "PM" uppercase PM
d Day of month (number with leading zeroes) 20
D Day of week (three letters) Thu
F Month name January
h Hour (12-hour format) 12
H Hour (24-hour format) 12
g Hour (12-hour format without leading 0) 12
G Hour (24-hour format without leading 0) 12
i Minutes 47
j Day of the month (no leading zeroes) 20
1 Day of the week (name) Thursday
L Leap year ("1" for yes, "0" for no) 1
m Month of year (number) 01
M Month of year (three letters) Jan
n Month of year (number without leading 0) 1
s Seconds of hour 24
U Time stamp 948372444
y Year (two digits) 00
Y Year (four digits) 2000
z Day of year (0?65) 19
Z Offset in seconds from GMT 0
*/
Formatting a Date with date()
<html>
<head>
<title>Formatting a date with date()</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
print date("m/d/y G.i:s<br>", time());
print "Today is ";
print date("j of F Y, \a\\t g.i a", time());
?>
</body>
</html>