string
CDatabase::DateFormatToPHP(
 string date_format
)

The method DateFormatToPHP converts any date and time format allowed by the site settings to the PHP format.

The following rules apply.

Input formatters	Output formatters	Description
YYYY	Y	Year (0001 - 9999)
MM	m	Month (01 - 12)
DD	d	Day (01 - 31)
HH	H	Hours (00 - 24)
MI	i	Minutes (00 - 59)
SS	s	Seconds (00 - 59)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
date_format	Format to be converted.

See Also

• CDatabase::FormatDate
• CSite::GetDateFormat
• Date and time handling functions

Example

<?
// source format
$format = "DD.MM.YYYY HH:MI:SS";

// convert to the PHP format
$php_format = $DB->DateFormatToPHP($format); // d.m.Y H:i:s
?>

<?
// print current date in the format of the current site
// obtain the site format
$site_format = CSite::GetDateFormat("SHORT");

// convert to the PHP format
$php_format = $DB->DateFormatToPHP($site_format);

// print current date in the format of the current site
echo date($php_format, time());
?>

<?
// print yesterday's date in the format of the current site

// obtain the site format
$site_format = CSite::GetDateFormat("SHORT");

// convert to the PHP format
$php_format = $DB->DateFormatToPHP($site_format);

// print yesterday's date in the format of the current site
echo date($php_format, time()-86400);
?>

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