Date Function

Added: Dec 19, 2006 Rating:

Level: Beginner Software: PHP Editors

The date function turns the symbols displayed in the date format symbols table into the examples also shown in the table.

Date Format Symbols
Symbol	Meaning	Example
M	Month in text, abbreviated	Nov
F	Month in text not abbreviated	November
m	Month in numbers with leading zeros	02, 12
n	Month in numbers without leading zeros	1, 12
d	Day of the month; two digits with leading zeros	01, 14
j	Day of the month without leading zeros	3, 30
l	Day of the week in text not abbreviation	Friday
D	Day of the week in text as an abbreviation	Fri
w	Day of the week in numbers	From 0 (Sun) to 6 (Sat)
Y	Year in four digits	2005
y	Year in two digits	05
g	Hour between 0 and 12 without leading zeros	2, 10
G	Hour between 0 and 24 without leading zeros	2, 15
h	Hour between 0 and 12 with leading zeros	01, 10
H	Hour between 0 and 24 with leading zeros	00, 23
i	Minutes	00, 59
s	Seconds	00, 59
a	am or pm in lowercase	am, pm
A	AM or PM in uppercase	AM, PM

The parts of the date can be separated by hyphens (-), dots (.), forward slashes (/), or spaces.

Example:

<?php $today = date("l–j F Y"); echo "$today";?>

Preview:

Tuesday-28 November 2006

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