PHP gmstrftime() Function
What is a gmstrftime Function?
Explanation
The "gmstrftime()" function is used to format a GMT/UTC time/date according to local settings.
gmstrftime(format,timestamp)
In the above syntax the parameters for the function are "format", which specifies the format of the output, "timestamp", is a default field which specifies date or time to be formatted, if not specified it will take default GMT Time.
<?php
echo(strftime("%b %d %Y %X", mktime(20,0,0,12,31,98)));
echo(gmstrftime("%b %d %Y %X", mktime(20,0,0,12,31,98)));
//Print the current date, time, and timezone.
echo(gmstrftime("It is %a on %b %d, %Y, %X time zone: %Z",time()));
?> Result :
Dec 31 1998 20:00:00
Dec 31 1998 19:00:00
It is Wed on Jan 25, 2006, 11:32:10 time zone: W. Europe Standard Time
In the above example the gmstrftime() function first returns the values without formatting, the second one returns the values in the desired string format.
Syntax:
gmstrftime(format,timestamp)
In the above syntax the parameters for the function are "format", which specifies the format of the output, "timestamp", is a default field which specifies date or time to be formatted, if not specified it will take default GMT Time.
Example :
<?php
echo(strftime("%b %d %Y %X", mktime(20,0,0,12,31,98)));
echo(gmstrftime("%b %d %Y %X", mktime(20,0,0,12,31,98)));
//Print the current date, time, and timezone.
echo(gmstrftime("It is %a on %b %d, %Y, %X time zone: %Z",time()));
?>
Dec 31 1998 20:00:00
Dec 31 1998 19:00:00
It is Wed on Jan 25, 2006, 11:32:10 time zone: W. Europe Standard Time
In the above example the gmstrftime() function first returns the values without formatting, the second one returns the values in the desired string format.
