Description
int
idate ( string format [, int timestamp] )
Returns a number formatted according to the given format string using the
given integer timestamp or the current local time
if no timestamp is given. In other words, timestamp
is optional and defaults to the value of time().
Unlike the function date(), idate()
accepts just one char in the format parameter.
Table 1. The following characters are recognized in the
format parameter string
| 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 | returns 1 if DST is activated,
0 otherwise |
| 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 GMT -
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 |
Note:
As idate() always returns an integer and
as they can't start with a "0", idate() may return
fewer digits than you would expect. See the example below:
See also date() and
time().
