PHP idate() Function Usage and Example

PHP Date & Time Function Manual

The idate() function formats the local time and date into an integer

Definition and Usage

The idate() function accepts a format string as a parameter to format the local date in the specified format/Time, then return the date/Time

Syntax

idate($format, [$timestamp])

Format the timestamp according to the given format character and return the numeric result.

timestamp is optional, the default value is the local current time, that is, the value of time(). Unlike date(), idate() only accepts a single character as the format parameter.

Parameter

Return Value

The PHP idate() function returns an integer value representing a formatted date/Time

PHP Version

This function was originally in PHP 5introduced in version 0 and can be used in all higher versions.

Online Example

The following examples demonstrateidate()Function Usage-

<?php
　　　$format = "U";
　　　$res = idate($format);
　　　print("Timestamp: " . $res);
?>

Output Result

Timestamp:　1589280496

Online Example

The following examples call the function by passing the timestamp parameteridate()Function-

<?php
　　　$date = date_create();
　　　$timestamp = date_timestamp_get($date);
　　　$format = "U";
　　　$res = idate($format, $timestamp);
　　　print("Timestamp: " . $res);
?>

Output Result

Timestamp:　1589282148

Online Example

Let's seeidate()Various format characters of the function and their results-

<?php
　　　print("B :".idate("B"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("d :".idate("d"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("h :".idate("h"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("H: " . idate("H"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("i :".idate("i"));
　　　print("\n");　
　　　print("I :".idate("I"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("L :".idate("L"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("m :".idate("m"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("s :".idate("s"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("t :".idate("t"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("U :".idate("U"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("w :".idate("w"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("w:".idate("W"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("y :".idate("y"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("Y :".idate("Y"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("z :".idate("z"));
　　　print("\n");
　　　print("Z :".idate("Z"));
　　　print("\n");
?>

This will produce the following output-

B :758
d :18
h :5
H:　17
i :11
I :0
L :1
m :5
s :54
t :31
U :1589821914
w :1
w:21
y :20
Y :2020
z :138
Z :0

Online Example

<?php
　　　$timestamp = strtotime('1st January　2014);　　　
　　　echo idate('y', $timestamp);
　　　echo"\n";
　　　echo idate('t', $timestamp);
?>

This will produce the following output-

14
31