PHP gmstrftime() function

PHP Date / Time Functions

Examples

Format GMT/UTC date and time according to the locale:

<?php
echo(gmstrftime("%B %d %Y, %X %Z",mktime(20,0,0,12,31,98))."<br>");
setlocale(LC_ALL,"hu_HU.UTF8");
echo(gmstrftime("%Y. %B %d. %A. %X %Z"));
?>

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Definition and Usage

gmstrftime() function formats GMT/UTC date and time according to the locale.

Tip:See also strftime() Function, formats local time/date according to the locale.

Syntax

gmstrftime(format,timestamp);
Parameter Description
format

Required. Defines how the result is returned: %a - abbreviated weekday name

  • %A - full weekday name
  • %b - abbreviated month name
  • %B - full month name
  • %c - preferred date and time representation
  • %C - century as a number (year divided by 100, range from 00 to 99)
  • %d - day of the month (01 to 31)
  • %D - date format, the same as %m/%d/%y notation
  • %e - day of the month (1 to 31)
  • %g - similar to %G notation, but without the century
  • %G - 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V)
  • %h - same as %b notation
  • %H - hour using 24-hour format (00 to 23)
  • %I - hour using 12-hour format (01 to 12)
  • %j - day of the year (001 to 366)
  • %m - month (01 to 12)
  • %M - minutes
  • %n - newline character
  • %p - am or pm corresponding to the given time value
  • %r - a.m. and p.m. time notation
  • %R - 24-hour time notation
  • %S - Seconds
  • %t - Tab
  • %T - Current time, the same as the %H:%M:%S representation
  • 蒧umeric representation of the day of the week (1 to 7), Monday[星期一] = 1. Warning: In Sun Solaris systems, Sunday[星期日] = 1
  • %U - The number of weeks contained in the year, starting from the first Sunday, as the first week, with the first day as the first day of the week
  • %V - The number of weeks contained in the year according to the ISO 8601 format (01 to 53), week 1 represents the first week of the year, which must have at least four days and start with Monday as the first day of the week
  • %W - The number of weeks contained in the year, starting from the first Monday, as the first week, with the first day as the first day of the week
  • %w - Decimal representation of the day of the week, Sunday[星期日] = 0
  • %x - Preferred date representation without time
  • %X - Preferred time representation without date
  • %y - Year representation that does not include a number representing the century (range from 00 to 99)
  • %Y - Year representation that includes a number representing the century
  • %Z or %z - Time zone name or abbreviation
  • %% - Output a % character
timestamp Optional. Specifies the Unix timestamp representing the date/time to be formatted. The default is the current local time (time()).

Technical Details

Return Value:

returns based on format using the given timestamp formatted strings.

the names of months and days of the week, and other language-related strings comply with setlocale() current locale settings.
PHP Version: 4+

PHP Date / Time Functions