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<!-- $Revision: 1.45 $ -->
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<refentry xml:id="function.date" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>date</refname>
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<refpurpose>Format a local time/date</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsect1 role="description">
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&reftitle.description;
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<methodsynopsis>
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<type>string</type><methodname>date</methodname>
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<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>format</parameter></methodparam>
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<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>timestamp</parameter></methodparam>
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</methodsynopsis>
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<para>
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Returns a string formatted according to the given format string using the
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given integer <parameter>timestamp</parameter> or the current time
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if no timestamp is given. In other words, <parameter>timestamp</parameter>
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is optional and defaults to the value of <function>time</function>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="parameters">
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&reftitle.parameters;
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<para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry>
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<term><parameter>format</parameter></term>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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The format of the outputted date <type>string</type>. See the formatting
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options below.
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</para>
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<para>
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<table>
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<title>The following characters are recognized in the
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<parameter>format</parameter> parameter string</title>
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<tgroup cols="3">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry><parameter>format</parameter> character</entry>
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<entry>Description</entry>
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<entry>Example returned values</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry align="center"><emphasis>Day</emphasis></entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>d</literal></entry>
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<entry>Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros</entry>
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<entry><literal>01</literal> to <literal>31</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>D</literal></entry>
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<entry>A textual representation of a day, three letters</entry>
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<entry><literal>Mon</literal> through <literal>Sun</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>j</literal></entry>
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<entry>Day of the month without leading zeros</entry>
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<entry><literal>1</literal> to <literal>31</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>l</literal> (lowercase 'L')</entry>
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<entry>A full textual representation of the day of the week</entry>
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<entry><literal>Sunday</literal> through <literal>Saturday</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>N</literal></entry>
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<entry>ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week (added in
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PHP 5.1.0)</entry>
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<entry><literal>1</literal> (for Monday) through <literal>7</literal> (for Sunday)</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>S</literal></entry>
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<entry>English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters</entry>
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<entry>
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<literal>st</literal>, <literal>nd</literal>, <literal>rd</literal> or
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<literal>th</literal>. Works well with <literal>j</literal>
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</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>w</literal></entry>
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<entry>Numeric representation of the day of the week</entry>
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<entry><literal>0</literal> (for Sunday) through <literal>6</literal> (for Saturday)</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>z</literal></entry>
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<entry>The day of the year (starting from 0)</entry>
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<entry><literal>0</literal> through <literal>365</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="center"><emphasis>Week</emphasis></entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>W</literal></entry>
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<entry>ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday (added in PHP 4.1.0)</entry>
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<entry>Example: <literal>42</literal> (the 42nd week in the year)</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="center"><emphasis>Month</emphasis></entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>F</literal></entry>
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<entry>A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March</entry>
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<entry><literal>January</literal> through <literal>December</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>m</literal></entry>
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<entry>Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros</entry>
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<entry><literal>01</literal> through <literal>12</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>M</literal></entry>
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<entry>A short textual representation of a month, three letters</entry>
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<entry><literal>Jan</literal> through <literal>Dec</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>n</literal></entry>
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<entry>Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros</entry>
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<entry><literal>1</literal> through <literal>12</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>t</literal></entry>
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<entry>Number of days in the given month</entry>
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<entry><literal>28</literal> through <literal>31</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="center"><emphasis>Year</emphasis></entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>L</literal></entry>
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<entry>Whether it's a leap year</entry>
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<entry><literal>1</literal> if it is a leap year, <literal>0</literal> otherwise.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>o</literal></entry>
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<entry>ISO-8601 year number. This has the same value as
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<literal>Y</literal>, except that if the ISO week number
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(<literal>W</literal>) belongs to the previous or next year, that year
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is used instead. (added in PHP 5.1.0)</entry>
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<entry>Examples: <literal>1999</literal> or <literal>2003</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>Y</literal></entry>
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<entry>A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits</entry>
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<entry>Examples: <literal>1999</literal> or <literal>2003</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>y</literal></entry>
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<entry>A two digit representation of a year</entry>
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<entry>Examples: <literal>99</literal> or <literal>03</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="center"><emphasis>Time</emphasis></entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>a</literal></entry>
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<entry>Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem</entry>
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<entry><literal>am</literal> or <literal>pm</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>A</literal></entry>
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<entry>Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem</entry>
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<entry><literal>AM</literal> or <literal>PM</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>B</literal></entry>
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<entry>Swatch Internet time</entry>
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<entry><literal>000</literal> through <literal>999</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>g</literal></entry>
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<entry>12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros</entry>
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<entry><literal>1</literal> through <literal>12</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>G</literal></entry>
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<entry>24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros</entry>
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<entry><literal>0</literal> through <literal>23</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>h</literal></entry>
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<entry>12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros</entry>
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<entry><literal>01</literal> through <literal>12</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>H</literal></entry>
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<entry>24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros</entry>
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<entry><literal>00</literal> through <literal>23</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>i</literal></entry>
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<entry>Minutes with leading zeros</entry>
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<entry><literal>00</literal> to <literal>59</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>s</literal></entry>
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<entry>Seconds, with leading zeros</entry>
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<entry><literal>00</literal> through <literal>59</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>u</literal></entry>
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<entry>Microseconds (added in PHP 5.2.2)</entry>
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<entry>Example: <literal>54321</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="center"><emphasis>Timezone</emphasis></entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>e</literal></entry>
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<entry>Timezone identifier (added in PHP 5.1.0)</entry>
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<entry>Examples: <literal>UTC</literal>, <literal>GMT</literal>, <literal>Atlantic/Azores</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>I</literal> (capital i)</entry>
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<entry>Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time</entry>
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<entry><literal>1</literal> if Daylight Saving Time, <literal>0</literal> otherwise.</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>O</literal></entry>
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<entry>Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours</entry>
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<entry>Example: <literal>+0200</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>P</literal></entry>
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<entry>Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes (added in PHP 5.1.3)</entry>
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<entry>Example: <literal>+02:00</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>T</literal></entry>
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<entry>Timezone abbreviation</entry>
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<entry>Examples: <literal>EST</literal>, <literal>MDT</literal> ...</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>Z</literal></entry>
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<entry>Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always
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negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive.</entry>
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<entry><literal>-43200</literal> through <literal>50400</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry align="center"><emphasis>Full Date/Time</emphasis></entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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<entry>---</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>c</literal></entry>
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<entry>ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5)</entry>
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<entry>2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00</entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>r</literal></entry>
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<entry><link xlink:href="&url.rfc;2822">RFC 2822</link> formatted date</entry>
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<entry>Example: <literal>Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200</literal></entry>
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</row>
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<row>
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<entry><literal>U</literal></entry>
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<entry>Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)</entry>
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<entry>See also <function>time</function></entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</table>
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</para>
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<para>
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Unrecognized characters in the format string will be printed
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as-is. The <literal>Z</literal> format will always return
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<literal>0</literal> when using <function>gmdate</function>.
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</para>
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<note>
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<para>
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Since this function only accepts <type>integer</type> timestamps the
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<literal>u</literal> format character is only useful when using the
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<function>date_format</function> function with user based timestamps
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created with <function>date_create</function>.
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</para>
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</note>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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&date.timestamp.description;
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</variablelist>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
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&reftitle.returnvalues;
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<para>
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Returns a formatted date string. If a non-numeric value is used for
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<parameter>timestamp</parameter>, &false; is returned and an
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<literal>E_WARNING</literal> level error is emitted.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="errors">
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&reftitle.errors;
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&date.timezone.errors.description;
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="changelog">
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&reftitle.changelog;
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<para>
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<informaltable>
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<tgroup cols="2">
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<thead>
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<row>
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<entry>&Version;</entry>
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<entry>&Description;</entry>
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</row>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<row>
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<entry>5.1.0</entry>
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<entry>
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The valid range of a timestamp is typically from Fri, 13 Dec
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1901 20:45:54 GMT to Tue, 19 Jan 2038 03:14:07 GMT. (These are
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the dates that correspond to the minimum and maximum values for
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a 32-bit signed integer). However, before PHP 5.1.0 this range was limited
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from 01-01-1970 to 19-01-2038 on some systems (e.g. Windows).
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</entry>
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</row>
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&date.timezone.errors.changelog;
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<row>
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<entry>5.1.1</entry>
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<entry>
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There are useful <link linkend="datetime.constants">constants</link>
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of standard date/time formats that can be used to specify the
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<parameter>format</parameter> parameter.
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</entry>
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</row>
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</tbody>
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</tgroup>
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</informaltable>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="examples">
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&reftitle.examples;
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<para>
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<example>
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<title><function>date</function> examples</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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// set the default timezone to use. Available since PHP 5.1
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date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
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// Prints something like: Monday
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echo date("l");
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// Prints something like: Monday 8th of August 2005 03:12:46 PM
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echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');
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// Prints: July 1, 2000 is on a Saturday
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echo "July 1, 2000 is on a " . date("l", mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
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/* use the constants in the format parameter */
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// prints something like: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:12:46 UTC
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echo date(DATE_RFC822);
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// prints something like: 2000-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
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echo date(DATE_ATOM, mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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</para>
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<para>
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You can prevent a recognized character in the format string from being
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expanded by escaping it with a preceding backslash. If the character with
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a backslash is already a special sequence, you may need to also escape
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the backslash.
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<example>
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<title>Escaping characters in <function>date</function></title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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// prints something like: Wednesday the 15th
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echo date("l \\t\h\e jS");
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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</para>
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<para>
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It is possible to use <function>date</function> and
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<function>mktime</function> together to find dates in the future
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or the past.
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<example>
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<title><function>date</function> and <function>mktime</function> example</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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$tomorrow = mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m") , date("d")+1, date("Y"));
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$lastmonth = mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")-1, date("d"), date("Y"));
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$nextyear = mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m"), date("d"), date("Y")+1);
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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<note>
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<para>
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This can be more reliable than simply adding or subtracting the number
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of seconds in a day or month to a timestamp because of daylight saving
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time.
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</para>
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</note>
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</para>
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<para>
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Some examples of <function>date</function> formatting. Note that
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you should escape any other characters, as any which currently
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have a special meaning will produce undesirable results, and
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other characters may be assigned meaning in future PHP versions.
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When escaping, be sure to use single quotes to prevent characters
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like \n from becoming newlines.
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<example>
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<title><function>date</function> Formatting</title>
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<programlisting role="php">
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<![CDATA[
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<?php
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// Assuming today is March 10th, 2001, 5:16:18 pm, and that we are in the
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// Mountain Standard Time (MST) Time Zone
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$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a"); // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
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$today = date("m.d.y"); // 03.10.01
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$today = date("j, n, Y"); // 10, 3, 2001
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$today = date("Ymd"); // 20010310
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$today = date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day'); // 05-16-18, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Satpm01
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$today = date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.'); // it is the 10th day.
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$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2001
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$today = date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h'); // 17:03:18 m is month
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$today = date("H:i:s"); // 17:16:18
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?>
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]]>
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</programlisting>
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</example>
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</para>
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<para>
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To format dates in other languages, you should use the
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<function>setlocale</function> and <function>strftime</function>
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functions instead of <function>date</function>.
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="notes">
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&reftitle.notes;
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<note>
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<para>
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To generate a timestamp from a string representation of the date, you
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may be able to use <function>strtotime</function>. Additionally, some
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databases have functions to convert their date formats into timestamps
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(such as MySQL's <link xlink:href="&url.mysql.docs.date;">UNIX_TIMESTAMP</link>
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function).
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</para>
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</note>
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<tip>
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<para>
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Timestamp of the start of the request is available in
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<varname>$_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME']</varname> since PHP 5.1.
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</para>
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</tip>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1 role="seealso">
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&reftitle.seealso;
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<para>
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<simplelist>
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<member><function>getlastmod</function></member>
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<member><function>gmdate</function></member>
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<member><function>mktime</function></member>
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<member><function>strftime</function></member>
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<member><function>time</function></member>
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</simplelist>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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