Returns date formatted according to given format

Object oriented style

public string DateTime::format ( string $format )

Procedural style

string date_format ( DateTime $object , string $format )

Returns date formatted according to given format.

object: Procedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create()
format: Format accepted by date().

Returns the formatted date string on success or FALSE on failure.

Example #1 DateTime::format() example

Object oriented style


<?php
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>

Procedural style


<?php
$date = date_create('2000-01-01');
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>

The above example will output:

2000-01-01 00:00:00

This method does not use locales. All output is in English.

DateTime::format