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PHP DATE FUNCTION

The date() function is used to format a time or a date and display it automatically on your site.

The Date() Function

The date() function is used to format a time or a date.

string date (date_format[,int timestamp])

This function returns a string formatted according to the specified format.

The table below shows the characters that may be used in the format string:

Character	Description
a	"am" or "pm"
A	"AM" or "PM"
B	Swatch Internet time (000-999)
d	Day of the month with a leading zero (01-31)
D	Three characters that represents the day of the week (Mon-Sun)
F	The full name of the month (January-December)
g	The hour in 12-hour format without a leading zero (1-12)
G	The hour in 24-hour format without a leading zero (0-23)
h	The hour in 12-hour format with a leading zero (01-12)
H	The hour in 24-hour format with a leading zero (00-23)
i	The minutes with a leading zero (00-59)
I	"1" if the date is in daylights savings time, otherwise "0"
j	Day of the month without a leading zero (1-31)
l	The full name of the day (Monday-Sunday)
L	"1" if the year is a leap year, otherwise "0"
m	The month as a number, with a leading zero (01-12)
M	Three letters that represents the name of the month (Jan-Dec)
n	The month as a number without a leading zero (1-12)
O	The difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours
r	An RFC 822 formatted date (e.g. "Tue, 10 Apr 2005 18:34:07 +0300")
s	The seconds with a leading zero (00-59)
S	The English ordinal suffix for the day of the month (st, nd, rd or th)
t	The number of days in the given month (28-31)
T	The local time zone (e.g. "GMT")
U	The number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT)
w	The day of the week as a number (0-6, 0=Sunday)
W	ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday
Y	The year as a 4-digit number (e.g. 2003)
y	The year as a 2-digit number (e.g. 03)
z	The day of the year as a number (0-366)

<?php
//Prints something like: Monday
echo date("l");

//Prints something like:
//Monday 15th of January 2003 05:51:38 AM
echo date("l dS of F Y h:i:s A");

//Prints something like: Monday the 15th
echo date("l \\t\h\e jS");
?>