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CSS and other formatting tips and tricks

PHP date functions and formatting dates

also see CSS-Tips.php

 

This adds one year to the date and displays Next Year as 2022 (2023, etc)    qqqqqqq:

2027

 

<?php
// Assuming today is March 10 th, 2021, 5:16:18 pm, and that we are in the Mountain Standard Time (MST) Time Zone

$today = date("F j, Y"); // March 10, 2021

$today = date("y-m.d"); // 21-03-10

$year = date("Y"); // 2021

 

European dates:

$today = date("j F Y"); // 10 March 2021

$today = date("j, n, Y"); // 10, 3, 2021

$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a"); // March 10, 2021, 5:16 pm
$today = date("m.d.y"); // 03.10.21
$today = date("Ymd"); // 20210310
$today = date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day'); // 05-16-18, 10-03-21, 1631 1618 6 Satpm21
$today = date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.'); // it is the 10th day.
$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2021
$today = date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h'); // 17:03:18 m is month
$today = date("H:i:s"); // 17:16:18
$today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // 2021-03-10 17:16:18 (the MySQL DATETIME format)
?>