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IntlDateFormatter::getDateType

datefmt_get_datetype

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::getDateType -- datefmt_get_datetypeGet the datetype used for the IntlDateFormatter

Description

Object-oriented style

public IntlDateFormatter::getDateType(): int|false

Procedural style

datefmt_get_datetype(IntlDateFormatter $formatter): int|false

Returns date type used by the formatter.

Parameters

formatter

The formatter resource.

Return Values

The current date type value of the formatter, or false on failure.

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 ' . $fmt->format(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 ' . $fmt->format(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

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