IntlDateFormatter::create
I hope this will save some time for others who have to struggle with different php versions on dev and prod plattform in the future:
when formatting a DateTime object with a *custom pattern*, be sure to use a timestamp to pass at the IntlDateFormatter::format in order to have it working on different php versions:
Example for PHP Version 5.3.5-1ubuntu7.2 (my dev machine):
<?php
$date = new DateTime();
$dateFormatter = IntlDateFormatter::create(
Locale::getDefault(),
IntlDateFormatter::NONE,
IntlDateFormatter::NONE,
date_default_timezone_get(),
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN,
'EEEE'
);
var_dump($dateFormatter->format($date)); // string(6) "Monday"
?>
Example for PHP Version 5.3.2-1ubuntu4.9 (the prod server):
<?php
// same formatting as above
var_dump($dateFormatter->format($date)); // bool(false)
?>
When using $dateFormatter->format($date->getTimestamp()), you'll always get the formatted and localized string instead of a false.
IntlDateFormatter::format
datefmt_format
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
IntlDateFormatter::format -- datefmt_format — Format the date/time value as a string
Description
Object oriented style
Procedural style
Formats the time value as a string.
Parameters
-
fmt -
The date formatter resource.
-
value -
Value to format. This may be a DateTime object, an integer representing a Unix timestamp value (seconds since epoch, UTC) or an array in the format output by localtime().
Return Values
The formatted string or, if an error occurred, FALSE.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.3.4 |
Support for providing DateTime objects to the
value parameter was added.
|
Examples
Example #1 datefmt_format() example
<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "First Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "Second Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
?>
Example #2 OO example
<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "First Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "Second Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN , "MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".$fmt->format(0);
?>
The above example will output:
First Formatted output is Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT Second Formatted output is Mittwoch, 31. Dezember 1969 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00 First Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969 Second Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969
See Also
- datefmt_create() - Create a date formatter
- datefmt_parse() - Parse string to a timestamp value
- datefmt_get_error_code() - Get the error code from last operation
- datefmt_get_error_message() - Get the error text from the last operation.
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User Contributed Notes
IntlDateFormatter::format
con at bartrail dot de
07-Oct-2011 06:47
alex
19-May-2010 01:10
It's important to note that a conversion of timezones will be made from the default timezone (date_default_timezone_set()) and the timezone you passed in the constructor (or datefmt_create()).
If you are inserting the dates into your database as UTC time, make sure to set date_default_timezone_set to UTC as well (or any other timezone, but they need to be the same). Once you call ::format, you will get the converted time.