idate()

idate - Format a local time/date as integer

Syntax

int idate (string $format, int $timestamp)

Arguments

• format - The following characters are recognized in the format parameter string format character Description B Swatch Beat/Internet Time d Day of the month h Hour (12 hour format) H Hour (24 hour format) i Minutes I(uppercase i) returns 1if DST is activated, 0otherwise L(uppercase l) returns 1for leap year, 0otherwise m Month number s Seconds t Days in current month U Seconds since the Unix Epoch - January 1 1970 00:00:00 UTC - this is the same as time() w Day of the week ( 0on Sunday) W ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday y Year (1 or 2 digits - check note below) Y Year (4 digits) z Day of the year Z Timezone offset in seconds
• timestamp - The optional timestamp parameter is an integer Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if a timestamp is not given. In other words, it defaults to the value of time().

Description

Returns a number formatted according to the given format string using the given integer timestamp or the current local time if no timestamp is given. In other words, timestamp is optional and defaults to the value of time().

Version

PHP 5

Return value

Returns an integer.