php formpat date code example

Example 1: php all date formats

<?php
echo date("F j, Y, g:i a")."<br>";               // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
echo date("m.d.y")."<br>";                       // 03.10.01
echo date("j, n, Y")."<br>";                     // 10, 3, 2001
echo date("Ymd")."<br>";                         // 20010310
echo date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day')."<br>";   // 05-16-18, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Satpm01
echo date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.')."<br>"; // it is the 10th day.
echo date("D M j G:i:s T Y")."<br>";             // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2001
echo date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h')."<br>";   // 17:03:18 m is month
echo date("H:i:s")."<br>";                       // 17:16:18
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s")."<br>";                 // 2001-03-10 17:16:18 (the MySQL DATETIME format)

Example 2: php get day of week

date('w'); //gets day of week as number(0=sunday,1=monday...,6=sat)

//note:returns 0 through 6 but as string so to check if monday do this:
if(date('w') == 1){
	echo "its monday baby";
}