DATEFMT_GET_PATTERN(3)							 1						    DATEFMT_GET_PATTERN(3)

IntlDateFormatter::getPattern - Get the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter

	Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS

       public string IntlDateFormatter::getPattern (void  )

DESCRIPTION

	Procedural style
       string datefmt_get_pattern (IntlDateFormatter  $fmt)

	Get pattern used by the formatter.

PARAMETERS

	      o $fmt
		- The formatter resource.

RETURN VALUES

	The pattern string being used to format/parse.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      datefmt_get_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 is 12/31/1969
       Now pattern of the formatter is : yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z
       Second Formatted output is 19690031 04:00:00 PST

SEE ALSO

       datefmt_set_pattern(3), datefmt_create(3).

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