PHP Date Function Tips

In this Tutorial you will learn some Tips on PHP Date Functions - formats, syntax and output.

Format with Result	Syntax	Output
a Displays "am" or "pm"	echo date('d-m-y a');	23-04-05 pm
A Displays "AM" or "PM"	echo date('d-m-y A');	23-04-05 PM
d Displays day of the month with leading 0 that is "01" to "31"	echo date('d');	23
D Displays day of the week with 3 characters.	echo date('D');	Sat
F Displays day of the week with full text.	echo date('d-F-y A');	23-April-05 PM
h Displays the hour format is "01" to "12".	echo date('h A ');	02 PM
H Displays the hour format is "01" to "23".	echo date('H A ');	14 PM
g Displays the hour without leading 0 format is "1" to "12".	echo date('g A ');	2 PM
G Displays the hour without leading 0 format is "0" to "23".	echo date('G A ');	14 PM
i Displays the minutes format is "00" to "59".	echo date('H : i A ');	14 : 34 PM
j Displays day of the month without leading 0 format is "1" to "31".	echo date('j-m-y');	23-04-05
l Displays day of the week with long text format is "Friday".	echo date('l-m-y');	Saturday-04-05
L Returns the boolean value whether it is leap year or not.	echo date('l-m-y L'); 0 - False 1 - True	Saturday-04-05 0
m Displays the month format is "01" to "12".	echo date('m');	04
n Displays the month without leading 0 format is "1" to "12".	echo date('n');	4
M Displays the month with 3 characters format is "Jan".	echo date('M');	Apr
s Displays the seconds "00" to "59".	echo date('s');	41
S English ordinal suffix with 2 characters "th" "nd".	echo date('d - m - y S');	23 - 04 - 05 rd
t number of days in the given month.	echo date('t');	30
w shows the numeric value of the day of the week 0(Sunday) to 6(Saturday).	echo date('w l');	6 Saturday
Y shows the year with 4 digits format"2005".	echo date('Y');	2005
y shows the year with 2 digits format"05".	echo date('y');	05

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