PHP: Create a date formatter

Description

Object oriented style

static IntlDateFormatter IntlDateFormatter::create ( string $locale , integer $datetype , integer $timetype [, string $timezone [, integer $calendar [, string $pattern ]]] )

Object oriented style (constructor)

IntlDateFormatter::__construct ( string $locale , integer $datetype , integer $timetype [, string $timezone [, integer $calendar [, string $pattern ]]] )

Procedural style

IntlDateFormatter datefmt_create ( string $locale , integer $datetype , integer $timetype [, string $timezone [, integer $calendar [, string $pattern ]]] )

Create a date formatter

Parameters

locale: Locale to use when formatting or parsing.
datetype: Date type to use (none, short, medium, long, full). This is one of the IntlDateFormatter constants.
timetype: Time type to use (none, short, medium, long, full). This is one of the IntlDateFormatter constants.
timezone: Time zone ID, default is system default.
calendar: Calendar to use for formatting or parsing; default is Gregorian. This is one of the IntlDateFormatter calendar constants.
pattern: Optional pattern to use when formatting or parsing

Return Values

Examples

Example #1 datefmt_create() example


<?php

$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN  );

echo "First Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);

$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN  );

echo "Second Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);



$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN  ,"MM/dd/yyyy");

echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);

$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN  ,"MM/dd/yyyy");

echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);

?>

Example #2 OO example


<?php

$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN  );

echo "First Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);

$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN  );

echo "Second Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);



$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN  ,"MM/dd/yyyy");

echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".$fmt->format(0);

$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN , "MM/dd/yyyy");

echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".$fmt->format(0);

?>

The above example will output:

         First Formatted output is Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT
Second Formatted output is Mittwoch, 31. Dezember 1969 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00
First Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969
Second Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969

IntlDateFormatter::create

datefmt_create

IntlDateFormatter::__construct

Description

Parameters

Return Values

Examples

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