Format the date/time value as a string

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# IntlDateFormatter::format

# datefmt_format

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::format -- datefmt_format — Format the date/time value as a string

### Description

Object oriented style

string IntlDateFormatter::format ( mixed `$value` )

Procedural style

string datefmt_format ( IntlDateFormatter `$fmt` , mixed `$value` )

Formats the time value as a string.

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The date formatter resource.

`value`

  Value to format. Can be integer for an Unix timestamp value (seconds since epoch, UTC) or array for a localtime() array.

### Return Values

The formatted string or, if an error occurred, `FALSE`.

### Examples

Example #1 datefmt_format() example

`<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "First Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "Second Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
?>`

Example #2 OO example

`<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "First Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "Second Formatted output is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".$fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "de-DE" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN , "MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".$fmt->format(0);
?>`

The above example will output:

    First Formatted output is Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT
    Second Formatted output is Mittwoch, 31. Dezember 1969 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00
    First Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969
    Second Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969

### See Also

- datefmt_create() - Create a date formatter
- datefmt_parse() - Parse string to a timestamp value
- datefmt_get_error_code() - Get the error code from last operation
- datefmt_get_error_message() - Get the error text from the last operation.

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