Format a local time/date as integer
Syntax
idate ( string $format [, int $timestamp = time() ] ) : int
Parameters
format| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| B | Swatch Beat/Internet Time |
| d | Day of the month |
| h | Hour (12 hour format) |
| H | Hour (24 hour format) |
| i | Minutes |
| I (uppercase i) | returns 1 if DST is activated, 0 otherwise |
| L (uppercase l) | returns 1 for leap year, 0 otherwise |
| m | Month number |
| s | Seconds |
| t | Days in current month |
| U | Seconds since the Unix Epoch - January 1 1970 00:00:00 UTC - this is the same as time() |
| w | Day of the week (0 on Sunday) |
| W | ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday |
| y | Year (1 or 2 digits - check note below) |
| Y | Year (4 digits) |
| z | Day of the year |
| Z | Timezone offset in seconds |
timestampThe optional timestamp parameter is an integer Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if a timestamp is not given. In other words, it defaults to the value of time().
Return
Returns an integer.
Examples
1
<?
// 1072915200
$timestamp = strtotime('1st January 2004');
echo $timestamp . "\n";
// 2004
echo idate('Y', $timestamp) . "\n";
// 4
// prints the year in a two digit format however, as this would start with a "0", it only prints "4"
echo idate('y', $timestamp);
?>1072915200 2004 4
