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datetimeinterface.format

DATETIMEINTERFACE.FORMAT(3)						 1					       DATETIMEINTERFACE.FORMAT(3)

DateTime::format - Returns date formatted according to given format

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS

       public string DateTime::format (string  $format)

DESCRIPTION

       string DateTimeImmutable::format (string  $format) string DateTimeInterface::format (string  $format)

       Procedural style
       string date_format (DateTimeInterface  $object, string  $format)

	Returns date formatted according to given format.

PARAMETERS

	      o $object
		-Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(3)

	      o $format
		- Format accepted by date(3).

RETURN VALUES

	Returns the formatted date string on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES

       Example #1

	      DateTimeInterface.format(3) example

	      Object oriented style

	      <?php
	      $date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
	      echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
	      ?>

	      Procedural style

	      <?php
	      $date = date_create('2000-01-01');
	      echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      2000-01-01 00:00:00

NOTES

	This method does not use locales. All output is in English.

SEE ALSO 
date(3).
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