strftime

Name:strftime

Category:Date and time

Programming Language:php

One-line Description:Format local time/date according to locale settings.

Definition and usage

strftime() function formats the local date and time according to the locale settings.

Tip: See the gmstrftime() function to format the GMT/UTC time/date according to the locale settings.

Example

Format local date and time according to locale settings:

 <?php
echo ( strftime ( "%B %d %Y, %X %Z" , mktime ( 20 , 0 , 0 , 12 , 31 , 98 ) ) . "<br>" ) ;
setlocale ( LC_ALL , "hu_HU.UTF8" ) ;
echo ( strftime ( "%Y. %B %d. %A. %X %Z" ) ) ;
?>

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grammar

 strftime ( format , timestamp ) ;

parameter	describe
format	Required. Specifies how to return the result: %a - Abbreviation of the day of the week %A - The full name of the day of the week %b - Abbreviation of the month name %B - The full name of the month name %c - preferred date and time notation %C - a number representing the century (year divided by 100, ranging from 00 to 99) %d - What day of the month (01 to 31) %D - Time format, same as %m/%d/%y notation %e - What day of the month (1 to 31) %g - Similar to %G notation, but without century %G - 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V) %h - Same as %b notation %H - hours, on a 24-hour schedule (00 to 23) %I - hours, using a 12-hour system (01 to 12) %j - What day of the year (001 to 366) %m - Month (01 to 12) %M - points %n - newline %p - am or pm corresponding to the given time value %r - time stamping method of am and pm %R - 24-hour time stamping method %S - seconds %t - tab tab character %T - Current time, the same as the %H:%M:%S representation %u - The number of the day of the week (1 to 7), Monday [Monday] = 1. Warning: On Sun Solaris system, Sunday [Sunday] = 1 %U - The number of weeks included in the year, starting from the first Sunday, as the first day of the first week %V - The number of weeks (01 to 53) contained in the ISO 8601 format included in the year. Week 1 means that the first week of the year must have at least four days, and Monday is the first day of the week %W - The number of weeks included in the year, starting from the first Monday, as the first day of the first week %w - represents a day of the week in decimal form, Sunday [Sunday] = 0 %x - preferred date notation without time %X - preferred time notation without date %y - A representation of year that does not contain a number representing the century (range from 00 to 99) %Y - A representation of the year that contains the number representing the century %Z or %z - Time zone name or abbreviation %% - Output a % character
timestamp	Optional. Specifies a Unix timestamp that represents the date/time that needs to be formatted. The default is the current time ( time() ).

parameter

describe

format

Required. Specifies how to return the result:

%a - Abbreviation of the day of the week
%A - The full name of the day of the week
%b - Abbreviation of the month name
%B - The full name of the month name
%c - preferred date and time notation
%C - a number representing the century (year divided by 100, ranging from 00 to 99)
%d - What day of the month (01 to 31)
%D - Time format, same as %m/%d/%y notation
%e - What day of the month (1 to 31)
%g - Similar to %G notation, but without century
%G - 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V)
%h - Same as %b notation
%H - hours, on a 24-hour schedule (00 to 23)
%I - hours, using a 12-hour system (01 to 12)
%j - What day of the year (001 to 366)
%m - Month (01 to 12)
%M - points
%n - newline
%p - am or pm corresponding to the given time value
%r - time stamping method of am and pm
%R - 24-hour time stamping method
%S - seconds
%t - tab tab character
%T - Current time, the same as the %H:%M:%S representation
%u - The number of the day of the week (1 to 7), Monday [Monday] = 1. Warning: On Sun Solaris system, Sunday [Sunday] = 1
%U - The number of weeks included in the year, starting from the first Sunday, as the first day of the first week
%V - The number of weeks (01 to 53) contained in the ISO 8601 format included in the year. Week 1 means that the first week of the year must have at least four days, and Monday is the first day of the week
%W - The number of weeks included in the year, starting from the first Monday, as the first day of the first week
%w - represents a day of the week in decimal form, Sunday [Sunday] = 0
%x - preferred date notation without time
%X - preferred time notation without date
%y - A representation of year that does not contain a number representing the century (range from 00 to 99)
%Y - A representation of the year that contains the number representing the century
%Z or %z - Time zone name or abbreviation
%% - Output a % character