The following characters are recognized in the time_format setting
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format character
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Description
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Example returned values
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Time
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a
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Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem
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am or pm
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A
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Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem
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AM or PM
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B
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Swatch Internet time
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000 through 999
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g
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12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros
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1 through 12
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G
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24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros
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0 through 23
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h
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12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros
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01 through 12
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H
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24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros
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00 through 23
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i
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Minutes with leading zeros
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00 to 59
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s
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Seconds, with leading zeros
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00 through 59
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u
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Microseconds (allowed in PHP 5.2.2+)
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Example: 54321
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Timezone
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---
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---
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e
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Timezone identifier (allowed in PHP 5.1.0+)
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Examples: UTC, GMT, Atlantic/Azores
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I (capital i)
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Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time
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1 if Daylight Saving Time, 0 otherwise.
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O
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Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours
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Example: +0200
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P
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Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes (allowed in PHP 5.1.3+)
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Example: +02:00
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T
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Timezone abbreviation
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Examples: EST, MDT ...
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Z
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Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive.
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-43200 through 50400
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