Create a date formatter
IntlDateFormatter
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IntlDateFormatter::create

datefmt_create

IntlDateFormatter::__construct

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::create -- datefmt_create -- IntlDateFormatter::__construct — Create a date formatter

Description

Object oriented style

static IntlDateFormatter IntlDateFormatter::create ( string $locale , int $datetype , int $timetype [, string $timezone [, int $calendar [, string $pattern ]]] )

Object oriented style (constructor)

IntlDateFormatter::__construct() ( string $locale , int $datetype , int $timetype [, string $timezone [, int $calendar [, string $pattern ]]] )

Procedural style

IntlDateFormatter datefmt_create ( string $locale , int $datetype , int $timetype [, string $timezone [, int $calendar [, string $pattern ]]] )

Create a date formatter

Parameters

locale

Locale to use when formatting or parsing.

datetype

Date type to use (none, short, medium, long, full). This is one of the IntlDateFormatter constants.

timetype

Time type to use (none, short, medium, long, full). This is one of the IntlDateFormatter constants.

timezone

Time zone ID, default is system default.

calendar

Calendar to use for formatting or parsing; default is Gregorian. This is one of the IntlDateFormatter calendar constants.

pattern

Optional pattern to use when formatting or parsing. Possible patterns are documented at » http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime.

Return Values

Examples

Example #1 datefmt_create() 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

IntlDateFormatter
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