idate

Format a local time/date as integer

&reftitle.description; `int` `idate` `string` `format` `int` `timestamp` time()

Returns a number formatted according to the given format string using the given integer `timestamp` or the current local time if no timestamp is given. In other words, `timestamp` is optional and defaults to the value of `time`.

Unlike the function `date`, `idate` accepts just one char in the `format` parameter.

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`format`

- ## The following characters are recognized in the `format` parameter string

  `format` character | Description
  `B` | Swatch Beat/Internet Time
  `d` | Day of the month
  `h` | Hour (12 hour format)
  `H` | Hour (24 hour format)
  `i` | Minutes
  `I` (uppercase i) | returns `1` if DST is activated, `0` otherwise
  `L` (uppercase l) | returns `1` for leap year, `0` otherwise
  `m` | Month number
  `s` | Seconds
  `t` | Days in current month
  `U` | Seconds since the Unix Epoch - January 1 1970 00:00:00 UTC - this is the same as `time`
  `w` | Day of the week (`0` on Sunday)
  `W` | ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday
  `y` | Year (1 or 2 digits - check note below)
  `Y` | Year (4 digits)
  `z` | Day of the year
  `Z` | Timezone offset in seconds

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Returns an `integer`.

As `idate` always returns an `integer` and as they can't start with a "0", `idate` may return fewer digits than you would expect. See the example below.

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### `idate` example

    <?php
    $timestamp = strtotime('1st January 2004'); //1072915200

    // this prints the year in a two digit format
    // however, as this would start with a "0", it
    // only prints "4"
    echo idate('y', $timestamp);
    ?>

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- `date`
- `getdate`
- `time`