(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)
DateTime::format — Returns date formatted according to given format
Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create()
Format accepted by date().
Returns formatted date on success or FALSE on failure.
Пример #1 Displaying the date and time using the procedural form
<?phpdate_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');$datetime = date_create('2008-08-03 14:52:10');echo date_format($datetime, 'jS, F Y') . "\n";echo date_format($datetime, DATE_ATOM);?>
Пример #2 Displaying the date and time using the object oriented form
<?phpdate_default_timezone_set('Europe/London');$datetime = new DateTime('2008-08-03 14:52:10');echo $datetime->format('jS, F Y') . "\n";echo $datetime->format(DATE_ATOM);?>?>
Результат выполнения данного примера:
3rd, August 2008 2008-08-03T14:52:10+01:00