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Date Format Guide for Settings
For use on the Local Settings on the settings page.
| Day | ||
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 | 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 | ||
W |
ISO 8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday | Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year) |
| Month | ||
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 | ||
L |
Whether it's a leap year | 1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise. |
o |
ISO 8601 week-numbering year. 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. |
Examples: 1999 or 2003 |
X |
An expanded full numeric representation of a year, at least 4 digits,
with - for years BCE, and +
for years CE. |
Examples: -0055, +0787,
+1999, +10191 |
x |
An expanded full numeric representation if requried, or a
standard full numeral representation if possible (like
Y). At least four digits. Years BCE are prefixed
with a -. Years beyond (and including)
10000 are prefixed by a
+. |
Examples: -0055, 0787,
1999, +10191 |
Y |
A full numeric representation of a year, at least 4 digits,
with - for years BCE. |
Examples: -0055, 0787,
1999, 2003,
10191 |
y |
A two digit representation of a year | Examples: 99 or 03 |
| Time | ||
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 |
u |
Microseconds. Note that
date() will always generate
000000 since it takes an int
parameter, whereas DateTime::format() does
support microseconds if DateTime was
created with microseconds.
|
Example: 654321 |
v |
Milliseconds. Same note applies as for
u.
|
Example: 654 |
| Timezone | ||
e |
Timezone identifier | Examples: UTC, GMT, Atlantic/Azores |
I (capital i) |
Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time | 1 if Daylight Saving Time, 0 otherwise. |
O |
Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) without colon between hours and minutes | Example: +0200 |
P |
Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes | Example: +02:00 |
p |
The same as P, but returns Z instead of +00:00
(available as of PHP 8.0.0)
|
Examples: Z or +02:00 |
T |
Timezone abbreviation, if known; otherwise the GMT offset. | Examples: EST, MDT, +05 |
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 50400 |
| Full Date/Time | ||
c |
ISO 8601 date | 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00 |
r |
» RFC 2822/» RFC 5322 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() |