DateTime::format

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)

DateTime::format — Returns date formatted according to given format

Beschreibung

Objektorientierter Stil

public string DateTime::format ( string $format )

Prozeduraler Stil

string date_format ( DateTime $object , string $format )

Returns date formatted according to given format.

Parameter-Liste

object: Nur bei prozeduralem Aufruf: Ein von date_create() zurückgegebens DateTime Objekt.
format: Format accepted by date().

Rückgabewerte

Returns the formatted date string on successIm Fehlerfall wird FALSE zurückgegeben..

Beispiele

Beispiel #1 DateTime::format() example

Objektorientierter Stil


<?php
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>

Prozeduraler Stil


<?php
$date = date_create('2000-01-01');
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>

Das oben gezeigte Beispiel erzeugt folgende Ausgabe:

2000-01-01 00:00:00

Anmerkungen

This method does not use locales. All output is in English.

Siehe auch

date() - Formatiert ein(e) angegebene(s) Ortszeit/Datum

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James Meyer
6.01.2011 20:49


A note about version differences - the results of this function differ significantly from php 5.2.x to 5.3.x .  



The 5.2 implementations will often parse to non-sensical values, such as:



1964/11-12: 1964/-99999/-99999

12/11-1964: -99999/12/11

12-31-1964: -99999/-99999/-99999

11121875: 1112/01/187

01321901: 0132/01/190



(this one makes sense, but was a poor guess)

31/12/1964: 1964/01/12



In 5.3+, these all come back as false, as I would expect.  5.2 was just a little optimistic about it's ability to parse dates, I guess.

eggerjohansi at gmail dot com
21.04.2010 18:04


if you want to use e.g. german weekdays you could add the following class as a temporary solution...

<?php

class DateTimeGerman extends DateTime {

    public function format($format) {

        $english = array('Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday', 'Sunday');

        $german = array('Montag', 'Dienstag', 'Mittwoch', 'Donnerstag', 'Freitag', 'Samstag', 'Sonntag');

        return str_replace($english, $german, parent::format($format));

    }

}

?>

it hasn't anything to do with nice programming but it works if you construct a

<?php

$dt = new DateTimeGerman();

?>

instead of

<?php

$dt = new DateTime();

?>