PHP/Development/date function
Format Codes for Use with date()
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/* 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
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Formatting a Date with date()
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<title>Formatting a date with date()</title>
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<?php
print date("m/d/y G.i:s
", time());
print "Today is ";
print date("j of F Y, \a\\t g.i a", time());
?>
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