php-doc-en/reference/datetime/functions/idate.xml

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso-8859-1'?>
<!-- $Revision: 1.2 $ -->
  <refentry id="function.idate">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>idate</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Format a local time/date as integer
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
    <methodsynopsis>
     <type>int</type><methodname>idate</methodname>
     <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>format</parameter></methodparam>
     <methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>timestamp</parameter></methodparam>
    </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     Returns a string formatted according to the given format string using the
     given integer <parameter>timestamp</parameter> or the current local time
     if no timestamp is given. In otherwords, <parameter>timestamp</parameter>
     is optional and defaults to the value of <function>time</function>.
    </para>
    <para>
     <table>
      <title>The following characters are recognized in the 
      <parameter>format</parameter> parameter string</title>
      <tgroup cols="3">
       <thead>
        <row>
         <entry><parameter>format</parameter> character</entry>
         <entry>Description</entry>
        </row>
       </thead>
       <tbody>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>B</literal></entry>
         <entry>Swatch Beat/Internet Time</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>d</literal></entry>
         <entry>Day of the month</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>h</literal></entry>
         <entry>Hour (12 hour format)</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>H</literal></entry>
         <entry>Hour (24 hour format)</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>i</literal></entry>
         <entry>Minutes</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>I</literal></entry>
         <entry>returns <literal>1</literal> if DST is activated,
          <literal>0</literal> otherwise</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>L</literal></entry>
         <entry>returns <literal>1</literal> for leap year,
          <literal>0</literal> otherwise</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>m</literal></entry>
         <entry>Month number</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>s</literal></entry>
         <entry>Seconds</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>t</literal></entry>
         <entry>Days in current month</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>U</literal></entry>
         <entry>Seconds since the Unix Epoch - January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT -
          this is the same as <function>time</function></entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>w</literal></entry>
         <entry>Day of the week (<literal>0</literal> on Sunday)</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>W</literal></entry>
         <entry>ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on
          Monday</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>y</literal></entry>
         <entry>Year (2 digits)</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>Y</literal></entry>
         <entry>Year (4 digits)</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>z</literal></entry>
         <entry>Day of the year</entry>
        </row>
        <row>
         <entry><literal>Z</literal></entry>
         <entry>Timezone offset in seconds</entry>
        </row>
       </tbody>
      </tgroup>
     </table>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>date</function> and
     <function>time</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

<!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file
Local variables:
mode: sgml
sgml-omittag:t
sgml-shorttag:t
sgml-minimize-attributes:nil
sgml-always-quote-attributes:t
sgml-indent-step:1
sgml-indent-data:t
indent-tabs-mode:nil
sgml-parent-document:nil
sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced"
sgml-exposed-tags:nil
sgml-local-catalogs:nil
sgml-local-ecat-files:nil
End:
vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si
vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml
vi: ts=1 sw=1
-->