gmstrftime()


 

gmstrftime()

The example of gmstrftime function is used for formatting a GMT/UTC time or date according to local settings.

The example of gmstrftime function is used for formatting a GMT/UTC time or date according to local settings.

PHP gmstrftime() Function

The gmstrftime() formats a GMT/UTC time or date according to local settings. This function is similar to strftime () except in returning Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For example: when run in Eastern Standard Time (GMT -0500), the first line below prints "Dec 31 1999 20:00:00", while the second prints "Jan 01 2000 01:00:00".

Description of gmstrftime() Function PHP

string gmstrftime ( string $format [, int $timestamp= time() ] )

Parameters of PHP gmstrftime() Function

format - required. Specifies how to return the results. 

  • %a - abbreviated weekday name
  • %A - full weekday name
  • %b - abbreviated month name
  • %B - full month name
  • %c - preferred date and time representation
  •   %C - century number (the year divided by 100, range 00 to 99)
  •   %d - day of the month (01 to 31)
  •   %D - same as %m/%d/%y
  •   %e - day of the month (1 to 31)
  •   %g - like %G, but without the century
  •   %G - 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V).
  •   %h - same as %b
  •   %H - hour, using a 24-hour clock (00 to 23)
  •   %I - hour, using a 12-hour clock (01 to 12)
  •   %j - day of the year (001 to 366)
  •   %m - month (01 to 12)
  •   %M - minute
  •   %n - newline character
  •   %p - either am or pm according to the given time value
  •   %r - time in a.m. and p.m. notation
  •   %R - time in 24 hour notation
  •   %S - second
  •   %t - tab character
  •   %T - current time, equal to %H:%M:%S
  •   %u - weekday as a number (1 to 7), Monday=1. Warning: In Sun Solaris Sunday=1
  •   %U - week number of the current year, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week
  •   %V - The ISO 8601 week number of the current year (01 to 53), where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week
  •   %W - week number of the current year, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week
  •   %w - day of the week as a decimal, Sunday=0
  •   %x - preferred date representation without the time
  •   %X - preferred time representation without the date
  •   %y - year without a century (range 00 to 99)
  •   %Y - year including the century
  •   %Z or %z - time zone or name or abbreviation
  •   %% - a literal % character

timestamp - This integer parameter is optional. It specifies the date or time to be formatted. If no timestamp is specified, it uses the current GMT time.

Example: 

<?php
echo(strftime("%b %d %Y %X", mktime(12,30,00,01,01,09))."<br />");
echo(gmstrftime("%b %d %Y %X", mktime(12,30,00,01,01,09))."<br />");

//Print the current date, time, and time zone.

echo(gmstrftime("It is %a on %b %d, %Y, %X time zone: %Z",time()));
?>

The output of the code above could be:
Jan 01 2009 12:00:00
Dec 31 2008 19:00:00

It is Fri on Aug 28, 2009, 15:55:40 time zone: Eastern Standard Time

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