IntlDateFormatter::format
datefmt_format
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
IntlDateFormatter::format -- datefmt_format — Format the date/time value as a string
Description
Object oriented style
Procedural style
Formats the time value as a string.
Parameters
- fmt
-
The date formatter resource.
- value
-
Value to format. This may be a DateTime object, an integer representing a Unix timestamp value (seconds since epoch, UTC) or an array in the format output by localtime().
Return Values
The formatted string or, if an error occurred, FALSE.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.3.4 | Support for providing DateTime objects to the value parameter was added. |
Examples
Example #1 datefmt_format() example
<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "First Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "Second Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
?>
Example #2 OO example
<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "First Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "Second Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN , "MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".$fmt->format(0);
?>
The above example will output:
First Formatted output is Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT Second Formatted output is Mittwoch, 31. Dezember 1969 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00 First Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969 Second Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969
See Also
- datefmt_create() - Create a date formatter
- datefmt_parse() - Parse string to a timestamp value
- datefmt_get_error_code() - Get the error code from last operation
- datefmt_get_error_message() - Get the error text from the last operation.