gmstrftime

Format a GMT/UTC time/date according to locale settings

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Behaves the same as `strftime` 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".

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`format`

- See description in `strftime`.

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Returns a string formatted according to the given format string using the given `timestamp` 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 `setlocale`.

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### `gmstrftime` example

    <?php
    setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US');
    echo strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S", mktime(20, 0, 0, 12, 31, 98)) . "\n";
    echo gmstrftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S", mktime(20, 0, 0, 12, 31, 98)) . "\n";
    ?>

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- `strftime`