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# IntlDateFormatter::getDateType

# datefmt_get_datetype

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

IntlDateFormatter::getDateType -- datefmt_get_datetype — Get the datetype used for the IntlDateFormatter

### Description

Object oriented style

int IntlDateFormatter::getDateType ( void )

Procedural style

int datefmt_get_datetype ( IntlDateFormatter `$fmt` )

Returns date type used by the formatter.

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The formatter resource.

### Return Values

The current date type value of the formatter.

### Examples

Example #1 datefmt_get_datetype() example

`<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "datetype of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_datetype($fmt);
echo "First Formatted output with datetype is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::SHORT,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "Now datetype of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_datetype($fmt);
echo "Second Formatted output with datetype is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
?>`

Example #2 OO example

`<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN);
echo "datetype of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getDateType();
echo "First Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::SHORT,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN);
echo "Now datetype of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getDateType();
echo "Second Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
?>`

The above example will output:

    datetype of the formatter is : 0
    First Formatted output is Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT
    Now datetype of the formatter is : 2
    Second Formatted output is 12/31/69 4:00:00 PM PT

### See Also

- datefmt_get_timetype() - Get the timetype used for the IntlDateFormatter
- datefmt_create() - Create a date formatter

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