DATEFMT_SET_PATTERN(3)							 1						    DATEFMT_SET_PATTERN(3)

IntlDateFormatter::setPattern - Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter

	Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS

       public bool IntlDateFormatter::setPattern (string  $pattern)

DESCRIPTION

	Procedural style
       bool datefmt_set_pattern (IntlDateFormatter  $fmt, string  $pattern)

	Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter.

PARAMETERS

	      o $fmt
		- The formatter resource.

	      o $pattern
		- New pattern string to use. Possible patterns are documented at http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime.

RETURN VALUES

	Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. Bad formatstrings are usually the cause of the failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      datefmt_set_pattern(3) example

	      <?php
	      $fmt = datefmt_create(
		  'en_US',
		  IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
		  'America/Los_Angeles',
		  IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN,
		  'MM/dd/yyyy'
	      );
	      echo 'pattern of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_pattern($fmt);
	      echo 'First Formatted output with pattern is ' . datefmt_format($fmt, 0);
	      datefmt_set_pattern($fmt, 'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z');
	      echo 'Now pattern of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_pattern($fmt);
	      echo 'Second Formatted output with pattern is ' . datefmt_format($fmt, 0);

	      ?>

       Example #2

	      OO example

	      <?php
	      $fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
		  'en_US',
		  IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
		  'America/Los_Angeles',
		  IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN,
		  'MM/dd/yyyy'
	      );
	      echo 'pattern of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getPattern();
	      echo 'First Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(0);
	      $fmt->setPattern('yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z');
	      echo 'Now pattern of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getPattern();
	      echo 'Second Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(0);

	      ?>

       The above example will output:

       pattern of the formatter is : MM/dd/yyyy
       First Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969
       Now pattern of the formatter is : yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z
       Second Formatted output with pattern is 19690031 04:00:00 PST

SEE ALSO

       datefmt_get_pattern(3), datefmt_create(3).

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