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strftime

Locale-formatted strftime using IntlDateFormatter (PHP 8.1 compatible)

This provides a cross-platform alternative to strftime() for when it will be removed from PHP.

Note that output can be slightly different between libc sprintf and this function as it is using ICU.

Original code: https://gist.github.com/bohwaz/42fc223031e2b2dd2585aab159a20f30

Original autor: BohwaZ

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Installation

Composer install

You can install this plugin into your application using composer:

  • Add php81_bc/strftime package to your project:

     composer require php81_bc/strftime
  • Load the function PHP81_BC\strftime in your project

    <?phprequire'vendor/autoload.php';
    usefunctionPHP81_BC\strftime;

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Manual install

  • Download php-8.1-strftime.php and save it to an accessible path of your project.
  • Load the function PHP81_BC\strftime in your project
    <?phprequire'php-8.1-strftime.php';
    usefunctionPHP81_BC\strftime;

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Usage

usefunctionPHP81_BC\strftime;
echostrftime('%A %e %B %Y %X', new \DateTime('2021-09-28 00:00:00'), 'fr_FR');

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Original use

\setlocale(LC_TIME, 'fr_FR.UTF-8');
echo\strftime('%A %e %B %Y %X', strtotime('2021-09-28 00:00:00'));

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Formats

Day

FormatDescriptionExample returned values
%aAn abbreviated textual representation of the daySun through Sat
%AA full textual representation of the daySunday through Saturday
%dTwo-digit day of the month (with leading zeros)01 to 31
%eDay of the month, with a space preceding single digits' 1' to '31'
%jDay of the year, 3 digits with leading zeros001 to 366
%uISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
%wNumeric representation of the day of the week0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday)

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Week

FormatDescriptionExample returned values
%UWeek number of the given year, starting with the first Sunday as the first week13 (for the 13th full week of the year)
%VISO-8601:1988 week number of the given year, starting withthe first week of the year with at least 4 weekdays, with Monday being the start of the week01 through 53 (where 53 accounts for an overlapping week)
%WA numeric representation of the week of the year, starting with the first Monday as the first week46 (for the 46th week of the year beginning with a Monday)

NOTE: All week formats are two-digit, with leading zeros.

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Month

FormatDescriptionExample returned values
%bAbbreviated month name, based on the localeJan through Dec
%BFull month name, based on the localeJanuary through December
%hAbbreviated month name, based on the locale (an alias of %b)Jan through Dec
%mTwo digit representation of the month01 (for January) through 12 (for December)

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Year

FormatDescriptionExample returned values
%CTwo digit representation of the century (year divided by 100, truncated to an integer)19 for the 20th Century
%gTwo digit representation of the year going by ISO-8601:1988 standards (see %V)Example: 09 for the week of January 6, 2009
%GThe full four-digit version of %gExample: 2009 for the January 3, 2009
%yTwo digit representation of the yearExample: 09 for 2009, 79 for 1979
%YFour digit representation for the yearExample: 2038

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Time

FormatDescriptionExample returned values
%HTwo digit representation of the hour in 24-hour format00 through 23
%kHour in 24-hour format, with a space preceding single digits' 0' through '23'
%ITwo digit representation of the hour in 12-hour format01 through 12
%l(lower-case 'L') Hour in 12-hour format, with a space preceding single digits' 1' through '12'
%MTwo digit representation of the minute00 through 59
%pUPPER-CASE 'AM' or 'PM' based on the given timeExample: AM for 00:31, PM for 22:23
%Plower-case 'am' or 'pm' based on the given timeExample: am for 00:31, pm for 22:23
%rSame as "%I:%M:%S %p"Example: 09:34:17 PM for 21:34:17
%RSame as "%H:%M"Example: 00:35 for 12:35 AM, 16:44 for 4:44 PM
%STwo digit representation of the second00 through 59
%TSame as "%H:%M:%S"Example: 21:34:17 for 09:34:17 PM
%XPreferred time representation based on locale, without the dateExample: 03:59:16 or 15:59:16
%zThe time zone offsetExample: -0500 for US Eastern Time
%ZThe time zone abbreviationExample: EST for Eastern Time

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Time and Date Stamps

FormatDescriptionExample returned values
%cPreferred date and time stamp based on localeExample: Tue Feb 5 00:45:10 2009 for February 5, 2009 at 12:45:10 AM
%DSame as "%m/%d/%y"Example: 02/05/09 for February 5, 2009
%FSame as "%Y-%m-%d" (commonly used in database datestamps)Example: 2009-02-05 for February 5, 2009
%sUnix Epoch Time timestamp (same as the time() function)Example: 305815200 for September 10, 1979 08:40:00 AM
%xPreferred date representation based on locale, without the timeExample: 02/05/09 for February 5, 2009

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Miscellaneous

FormatDescription
%nA newline character ("\n")
%tA Tab character ("\t")
%%A literal percentage character ("%")

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