gmstrftime
gmstrftime
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
gmstrftime — Format a GMT/UTC time/date according to locale settings
Description
string gmstrftime ( string $format [, int $timestamp = time() ] )
Behaves the same as strftime() except that the time returned is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For example, when run in Eastern Standard Time (GMT -0500), the first line below prints "Dec 31 1998 20:00:00", while the second prints "Jan 01 1999 01:00:00".
Parameters
-
format -
See description in strftime().
-
timestamp -
The optional
timestampparameter is an integer Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if atimestampis not given. In other words, it defaults to the value of time().
Return Values
Returns a string formatted according to the given format string using the given timestamp or the current local time if no timestamp is given. Month and weekday names and other language dependent strings respect the current locale set with setlocale().
Examples
Example #1 gmstrftime() example
<?php
setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US');
echo strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S", mktime(20, 0, 0, 12, 31, 98)) . "\n";
echo gmstrftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S", mktime(20, 0, 0, 12, 31, 98)) . "\n";
?> See Also
- strftime() - Format a local time/date according to locale settings
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