PHP idate() Function

Definition and Usage

The idate() function formats a local time or date as integer.

Syntax

idate(format,timestamp)

Parameter	Description
format	Required. Specifies how to return the result: B - Swatch Beat/Internet Time d - Day of the month h - Hour (12 hour format) H - Hour (24 hour format) i - Minutes I - returns 1 if DST (daylight saving time) is activated, 0 otherwise 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 GMT) w - Day of the week (Sunday=0) W - ISO-8601 week number of year (week starts on Monday) y - Year (1 or 2 digits) Y - Year (4 digits) z - Day of the year Z - Timezone offset in seconds
timestamp	Optional. Specifies the date or time to be formatted. If no timestamp is specified, it uses the current local time.

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Tips and Notes

Note: This function accepts just one character in the format parameter!

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Example

<?php
echo(idate("Y"));
?>

OUTPUT :

2006