FORMATS a date fragment as integer, from a given TIMESTAMP.
<?php
int|false idate ( str $format , int|null $timestamp = null )
where,
$format = Just one character to format the date
( SEE the below TABLE )
$timestamp = The UNIX timestamp
?>
| CHARACTER | VALUES | MEANING |
| B | SWT | Swatch Beat/Internet Time |
| d | 1, 2, 3, ...., 31 | Day of the month |
| h | 01, 02, 03, ..., 12 | hour 12h format |
| H | 00, 01, 02, ..., 23 | hour 24h format |
| i | 00, 01, 02, ..., 59 | minutes |
| I | 0 | Out of DST |
| 1 | DST | |
| L | 0 | Normal year |
| L | 1 | Leap year |
| m | 1, 2, ..., 12 | month number |
| s | 00, 01, ..., 59 | seconds |
| t | 28, 29, 30 and 31 | number of days in the month |
| U | 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT | seconds since |
| w | 0 -> Sunday, 1 -> Monday, ...., 6 -> Saturday |
number of the day of the week |
| W | ISO-8601 | Number of the year according to |
| y | 2 dígits | Year |
| Y | 4 dígits | Year |
| z | 0, 1, ..., 365 | Number of day in year |
| Z | -43200 a 43200 (15 degrees = 1 hour) |
Timezone Offset in seconds |
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EXERCISE
<?php
$lang = 'en';
/* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
If $int_timestamp, is not provided,
the current value of time() will be considered
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$idate_now = idate('B');
$en = 'Internet Time (now) = ';
echo $$lang . $idate_now . ' beat';
?>
EXERCISE
<?php
$lang = 'en';
/* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
If $int_timestamp, is not provided,
the current value of time() will be considered
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$idate_now = idate('Y');
$pt = 'Este Ano = ';
$en = 'This Year = ';
echo $$lang . $idate_now;
?>
EXERCISE
<?php
$lang = 'en';
$idate_day = idate('d');
$idate_month = idate('m');
$idate_year = idate('Y');
$pt = 'Hoje = ';
$en = 'Today = ';
echo $$lang . $idate_year . '/' . $idate_day . '/' . $idate_month;
?>
EXERCISE
<?php
// run this exercise several times
$arrid04 = [ "B" => "Swatch Beat-Internet Time",
"d" => "Day of the month",
"h" => "Hour (12 hour format)",
"H" => "Hour (24 hour format)",
"i" => "Minutes",
"s" => "Seconds",
"I" => "DST?",
"L" => "leap year?",
"m" => "Month number",
"t" => "Days in current month",
"U" => "TIMESTAMP",
"w" => "Day of the week",
"W" => "ISO-8601 week number of year",
"y" => "Year (1 or 2 digits)",
"Y" => "Year (4 digits)",
"z" => "Day of the year",
"Z" => "Timezone offset in seconds" ];
foreach($arrid04 as $vl04 => $v04)
{
echo ' [' . $vl04 . '] ' .
idate($vl04) . ' => ' .
$v04 . '<br>';
}
?>