Create a date formatter

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# IntlDateFormatter::create

# datefmt_create

# IntlDateFormatter::__construct

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

IntlDateFormatter::create -- datefmt_create -- IntlDateFormatter::__construct — Create a date formatter

### Description

Object oriented style

static IntlDateFormatter IntlDateFormatter::create ( string `$locale` , int `$datetype` , int `$timetype` [, string `$timezone` [, int `$calendar` [, string `$pattern` ]]] )

Object oriented style (constructor)

IntlDateFormatter::__construct ( string `$locale` , int `$datetype` , int `$timetype` [, string `$timezone` [, int `$calendar` [, string `$pattern` ]]] )

Procedural style

IntlDateFormatter datefmt_create ( string `$locale` , int `$datetype` , int `$timetype` [, string `$timezone` [, int `$calendar` [, string `$pattern` ]]] )

Create a date formatter

### Parameters

`locale`

  Locale to use when formatting or parsing.

`datetype`

  Date type to use (`none`, `short`, `medium`, `long`, `full`). This is one of the IntlDateFormatter constants.

`timetype`

  Time type to use (`none`, `short`, `medium`, `long`, `full`). This is one of the IntlDateFormatter constants.

`timezone`

  Time zone ID, default is system default.

`calendar`

  Calendar to use for formatting or parsing; default is Gregorian. This is one of the IntlDateFormatter calendar constants.

`pattern`

  Optional pattern to use when formatting or parsing. Possible patterns are documented at » http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime.

### Return Values

### Examples

Example #1 datefmt_create() 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_format() - Format the date/time value as a string
- 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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