Question

How to use idate() function to format a local date/time using integer timestamp in PHP

Answer 1

// int idate(string $format [, int $timestamp]);

$timestamp = strtotime('23st March 2016');
   
echo 'y - ' . idate('y', $timestamp) . "<br />";  // Year (1 or 2 digits)

echo 'Y - ' . idate('Y', $timestamp) . "<br />";  // Year (4 digits)

echo 'd - ' . idate('d', $timestamp) . "<br />";  // Day of the month

echo 'h - ' . idate('h', $timestamp) . "<br />";  // Hour (12 hour format)

echo 'i - ' . idate('i', $timestamp) . "<br />";  // Minutes
   
echo 't - ' . idate('t', $timestamp) . "<br />";  // Days in current month

echo 'w - ' . idate('w', $timestamp) . "<br />";  // Day of the week (Sunday = 0)

echo 'z - ' . idate('z', $timestamp) . "<br />";  // Day of the year

/*
run:

y - 16
Y - 2016
d - 23
h - 12
i - 0
t - 31
w - 3
z - 82
       
*/

 

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