<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Format a GMT/UTC time/date according to locale settings</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.gmmktime.html">gmmktime</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.idate.html">idate</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.datetime.html">Date/Time Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="function.gmstrftime" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">gmstrftime</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">gmstrftime</span> — <span class="dc-title">Format a GMT/UTC time/date according to locale settings</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.gmstrftime-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>gmstrftime</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$format</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$timestamp</code><span class="initializer"> = time()</span></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Behaves the same as <span class="function"><a href="function.strftime.html" class="function">strftime()</a></span> 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". </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.gmstrftime-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">format</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> See description in <span class="function"><a href="function.strftime.html" class="function">strftime()</a></span>. </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">timestamp</code></em></span><dd> <p class="para"> The optional <em><code class="parameter">timestamp</code></em> parameter is an <span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span> Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if a <em><code class="parameter">timestamp</code></em> is not given. In other words, it defaults to the value of <span class="function"><a href="function.time.html" class="function">time()</a></span>. </p></dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.gmstrftime-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> Returns a string formatted according to the given format string using the given <em><code class="parameter">timestamp</code></em> 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 <span class="function"><a href="function.setlocale.html" class="function">setlocale()</a></span>. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.gmstrftime-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <p class="para"> <div class="example" id="example-2309"> <p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>gmstrftime()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />setlocale</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">LC_TIME</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'en_US'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">strftime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mktime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">20</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">12</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">31</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">98</span><span style="color: #007700">)) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">gmstrftime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mktime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">20</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">12</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">31</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">98</span><span style="color: #007700">)) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.gmstrftime-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.strftime.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">strftime()</a> - Format a local time/date according to locale settings</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="function.gmmktime.html">gmmktime</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="function.idate.html">idate</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="ref.datetime.html">Date/Time Functions</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>