The following characters are recognized in the date_format setting
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format character
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Description
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Example returned values
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Day
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d
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Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros
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01 to 31
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D
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A textual representation of a day, three letters
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Mon through Sun
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j
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Day of the month without leading zeros
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1 to 31
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l (lowercase 'L')
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A full textual representation of the day of the week
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Sunday through Saturday
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N
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ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week (allowed in PHP 5.1.0+)
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1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
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S
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English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters
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st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j
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w
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Numeric representation of the day of the week
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0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday)
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z
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The day of the year (starting from 0)
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0 through 365
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Week
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---
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---
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W
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ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday (allowed in PHP 4.1.0+)
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Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year)
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Month
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---
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---
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F
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A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March
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January through December
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m
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Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros
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01 through 12
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M
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A short textual representation of a month, three letters
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Jan through Dec
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n
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Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros
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1 through 12
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t
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Number of days in the given month
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28 through 31
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Year
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---
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---
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L
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Whether it's a leap year
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1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise.
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o
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ISO-8601 year number. This has the same value as Y, except that if the ISO week number (W) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. (allowed in PHP 5.1.0+)
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Examples: 1999 or 2003
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Y
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A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits
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Examples: 1999 or 2003
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y
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A two digit representation of a year
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Examples: 99 or 03
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