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Quick Reference

The PHP date_create_from_format() function returns a new DateTime object formatted according to the specified format.

				
					<?php
$date = date_create_from_format('M-j-Y','Jan-11-2013');
echo date_format($date, 'm/d/Y');
?>

Output

				
					01/11/2013

Syntax

				
					date_create_from_format(format, time, timezone)

Parameters

ParameterDescription
formatSpecifies the format to use (required):

  • d - Day of the month; with leading zeros

  • j - Day of the month; without leading zeros

  • D - Day of the month (Mon - Sun)

  • l - Day of the month (Monday - Sunday)

  • S - English suffix for day of the month (st, nd, rd, th)

  • F - Monthname (January - December)

  • M - Monthname (Jan-Dec)

  • m - Month (01-12)

  • n - Month (1-12)

  • Y - Year (e.g 2013)

  • y - Year (e.g 13)

  • a and A - am or pm

  • g - 12 hour format without leading zeros

  • G - 24 hour format without leading zeros

  • h - 12 hour format with leading zeros

  • H - 24 hour format with leading zeros

  • i - Minutes with leading zeros

  • s - Seconds with leading zeros

  • u - Microseconds (up to six digits)

  • e, O, P and T - Timezone identifier

  • U - Seconds since Unix Epoch

  • (space)

  • # - One of the following separation symbol: ;,:,/,.,,,-,(,)

  • ? - A random byte

  • * - Random bytes until next separator/digit

  • ! - Resets all fields to Unix Epoch

  • | - Resets all fields to Unix Epoch if they have not been parsed yet

  • + - If present, trailing data in the string will cause a warning, not an error
timeSpecifies a date/time string; NULL indicates the current date/time(required)
timezoneSpecifies the timezone of time (default is the current timezone)

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