date_format

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Returns a string formatted according to the given format string. Use variable %TIMESTAMP to get a timestamp

Example:

Template:

       {#%TIMESTAMP|date_format:"m/d/y"#}

Output:

       12/15/2006

You can also use characters from following tables to customize the "date_format" modifier.

The following characters are recognized in the date_format modifier

format character

Description

Example returned values

Day

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d

Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros

01 to 31

D

A textual representation of a day, three letters

Mon through Sun

j

Day of the month without leading zeros

1 to 31

l (lowercase 'L')

A full textual representation of the day of the week

Sunday through Saturday

N

ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week (allowed in PHP 5.1.0+)

1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)

S

English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters

st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j

w

Numeric representation of the day of the week

0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday)

z

The day of the year (starting from 0)

0 through 365

Week

---

---

W

ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday (allowed in PHP 4.1.0+)

Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year)

Month

---

---

F

A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March

January through December

m

Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros

01 through 12

M

A short textual representation of a month, three letters

Jan through Dec

n

Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros

1 through 12

t

Number of days in the given month

28 through 31

Year

---

---

L

Whether it's a leap year

1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise.

o

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+)

Examples: 1999 or 2003

Y

A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits

Examples: 1999 or 2003

y

A two digit representation of a year

Examples: 99 or 03

format character

Description

Example returned values

Time

---

---

a

Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem

am or pm

A

Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem

AM or PM

B

Swatch Internet time

000 through 999

g

12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros

1 through 12

G

24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros

0 through 23

h

12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros

01 through 12

H

24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros

00 through 23

i

Minutes with leading zeros

00 to 59

s

Seconds, with leading zeros

00 through 59

u

Microseconds (allowed in PHP 5.2.2+)

Example: 54321

Timezone

---

---

e

Timezone identifier (allowed in PHP 5.1.0+)

Examples: UTC, GMT, Atlantic/Azores

I (capital i)

Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time

1 if Daylight Saving Time, 0 otherwise.

O

Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours

Example: +0200

P

Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes (allowed in PHP 5.1.3+)

Example: +02:00

T

Timezone abbreviation

Examples: EST, MDT ...

Z

Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive.

-43200 through 50400

 

 

Note:
Unrecognized characters in the format string will be printed as-is.