sets the calendar used to the appropriate calendar, which must be

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# IntlDateFormatter::setCalendar

# datefmt_set_calendar

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

IntlDateFormatter::setCalendar -- datefmt_set_calendar — sets the calendar used to the appropriate calendar, which must be

### Description

Object oriented style

bool IntlDateFormatter::setCalendar ( int `$which` )

Procedural style

bool datefmt_set_calendar ( IntlDateFormatter `$fmt` , int `$which` )

Sets the calendar used by the formatter.

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The formatter resource.

`which`

  The calendar to use. Default is `IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN`.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 datefmt_set_calendar() example

`<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "calendar of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_calendar($fmt);
datefmt_set_calendar($fmt,IntlDateFormatter::TRADITIONAL);
echo "Now calendar of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_calendar($fmt);
?>`

Example #2 OO example

`<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN );
echo "calendar of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getCalendar();
$fmt->setCalendar(IntlDateFormatter::TRADITIONAL);
echo "Now calendar of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getCalendar();
?>`

The above example will output:

    calendar of the formatter is : 1
    Now calendar of the formatter is : 0

### See Also

- datefmt_get_calendar() - Get the calendar used for the IntlDateFormatter
- datefmt_create() - Create a date formatter

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