Interactive PHP Date Formatter

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Enter a format or select a date constant (PHP 5.1+).

Date Constants (PHP 5.1 and above):

Day | Week | Month | Year | Time | Time Zone | Full Date | Examples


Day
Format Character Description Example Returned Value
d Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros 01 to 31
D A textual representation of a day, three letters Mon through Sun
j Day of the month without leading zeros 1 to 31
l (lowercase 'L') A full textual representation of the day of the week Sunday through Saturday
N ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week (added in PHP 5.1.0) 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
S English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j
w Numeric representation of the day of the week 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday)
z The day of the year (starting from 0) 0 through 365
Week
Format Character Description Example Returned Value
W ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday (added in PHP 4.1.0) Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year)
Month
Format Character Description Example Returned Value
F A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March January through December
m Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros 01 through 12
M A short textual representation of a month, three letters Jan through Dec
n Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros 1 through 12
t Number of days in the given month 28 through 31
Year
Format Character Description Example Returned Value
L Whether it's a leap year 1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise.
o ISO-8601 year number. This has the same value as Y, except that if the ISO week number (W) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. (added in PHP 5.1.0) Examples: 1999 or 2003
Y A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits Examples: 1999 or 2003
y A two digit representation of a year Examples: 99 or 03
Time
Format Character Description Example Returned Value
a Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem am or pm
A Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem AM or PM
B Swatch Internet time 000 through 999
g 12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros 1 through 12
G 24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros 0 through 23
h 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros 01 through 12
H 24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros 00 through 23
i Minutes with leading zeros 00 to 59
s Seconds, with leading zeros 00 through 59
Time Zone
Format Character Description Example Returned Value
e Timezone identifier (added in PHP 5.1.0) Examples: UTC, GMT, Atlantic/Azores
I (capital i) Whether or not the date is in daylights savings time 1 if Daylight Savings Time, 0 otherwise.
O Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours Example: +0200
T Timezone setting of this machine Examples: EST, MDT ...
Z Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive. -43200 through 43200
Full Date
Format Character Description Example Returned Value
c ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5) 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00
r RFC 2822 formatted date Example: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200
U Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT) See also time()
Examples
Format String Example Returned Value
F j, Y, g:i a March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
m.d.y 03.10.01
j, n, Y 10, 3, 2001
Ymd 20010310
h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day z 05-16-17, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Fripm01
\I\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y. It is the 10th day.
D M j G:i:s T Y Sat Mar 10 15:16:08 MST 2001
H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h 17:03:17 m is month
H:i:s 17:16:17