strftime.xml

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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>strftime</refname>
  <refpurpose>Format a local time/date according to locale settings</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsynopsisdiv>
  &warn.deprecated.function-8-1-0.alternatives;
  <simplelist role="alternatives">
   <member><function>date</function></member>
   <member><methodname>IntlDateFormatter::format</methodname></member>
  </simplelist>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <modifier role="attribute">#[\Deprecated]</modifier>
   <type class="union"><type>string</type><type>false</type></type><methodname>strftime</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>format</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type class="union"><type>int</type><type>null</type></type><parameter>timestamp</parameter><initializer>&null;</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Format the time and/or date according to locale settings. Month and weekday
   names and other language-dependent strings respect the current locale set
   with <function>setlocale</function>.
  </para>
  <warning>
   <para>
    Not all conversion specifiers may be supported by your C library, in which
    case they will not be supported by PHP's <function>strftime</function>.
    Additionally, not all platforms support negative timestamps, so your
    date range may be limited to no earlier than the Unix epoch. This means that
    %e, %T, %R and, %D (and possibly others) - as well as dates prior to
    <literal>Jan 1, 1970</literal> - will not work on Windows, some Linux
    distributions, and a few other operating systems. For Windows systems, a
    complete overview of supported conversion specifiers can be found at
    <link xlink:href="&url.strftime.win32;"><acronym>MSDN</acronym></link>.
    Instead use the
    <methodname>IntlDateFormatter::format</methodname> method.
   </para>
  </warning>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>format</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       <table>
        <title>The following characters are recognized in the
        <parameter>format</parameter> parameter string</title>
        <tgroup cols="3">
         <thead>
          <row>
           <entry><parameter>format</parameter></entry>
           <entry>Description</entry>
           <entry>Example returned values</entry>
          </row>
         </thead>
         <tbody>
          <row>
           <entry align="center"><emphasis>Day</emphasis></entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%a</literal></entry>
           <entry>An abbreviated textual representation of the day</entry>
           <entry><literal>Sun</literal> through <literal>Sat</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%A</literal></entry>
           <entry>A full textual representation of the day</entry>
           <entry><literal>Sunday</literal> through <literal>Saturday</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%d</literal></entry>
           <entry>Two-digit day of the month (with leading zeros)</entry>
           <entry><literal>01</literal> to <literal>31</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%e</literal></entry>
           <entry>
            Day of the month, with a space preceding single digits. Not 
            implemented as described on Windows. See below for more information.
           </entry>
           <entry><literal> 1</literal> to <literal>31</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%j</literal></entry>
           <entry>Day of the year, 3 digits with leading zeros</entry>
           <entry><literal>001</literal> to <literal>366</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%u</literal></entry>
           <entry>ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week</entry>
           <entry><literal>1</literal> (for Monday) through <literal>7</literal> (for Sunday)</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%w</literal></entry>
           <entry>Numeric representation of the day of the week</entry>
           <entry><literal>0</literal> (for Sunday) through <literal>6</literal> (for Saturday)</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry align="center"><emphasis>Week</emphasis></entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%U</literal></entry>
           <entry>Week number of the given year, starting with the first
           Sunday as the first week</entry>
           <entry><literal>13</literal> (for the 13th full week of the year)</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%V</literal></entry>
           <entry>ISO-8601:1988 week number of the given year, starting with
           the first week of the year with at least 4 weekdays, with Monday
           being the start of the week</entry>
           <entry><literal>01</literal> through <literal>53</literal> (where 53
           accounts for an overlapping week)</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%W</literal></entry>
           <entry>A numeric representation of the week of the year, starting
           with the first Monday as the first week</entry>
           <entry><literal>46</literal> (for the 46th week of the year beginning
           with a Monday)</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry align="center"><emphasis>Month</emphasis></entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%b</literal></entry>
           <entry>Abbreviated month name, based on the locale</entry>
           <entry><literal>Jan</literal> through <literal>Dec</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%B</literal></entry>
           <entry>Full month name, based on the locale</entry>
           <entry><literal>January</literal> through <literal>December</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%h</literal></entry>
           <entry>Abbreviated month name, based on the locale (an alias of %b)</entry>
           <entry><literal>Jan</literal> through <literal>Dec</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%m</literal></entry>
           <entry>Two digit representation of the month</entry>
           <entry><literal>01</literal> (for January) through <literal>12</literal> (for December)</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry align="center"><emphasis>Year</emphasis></entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%C</literal></entry>
           <entry>Two digit representation of the century (year divided by 100, truncated to an integer)</entry>
           <entry><literal>19</literal> for the 20th Century</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%g</literal></entry>
           <entry>Two digit representation of the year going by ISO-8601:1988 standards (see %V)</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>09</literal> for the week of January 6, 2009</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%G</literal></entry>
           <entry>The full four-digit version of %g</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>2008</literal> for the week of January 3, 2009</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%y</literal></entry>
           <entry>Two digit representation of the year</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>09</literal> for 2009, <literal>79</literal> for 1979</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%Y</literal></entry>
           <entry>Four digit representation for the year</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>2038</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry align="center"><emphasis>Time</emphasis></entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%H</literal></entry>
           <entry>Two digit representation of the hour in 24-hour format</entry>
           <entry><literal>00</literal> through <literal>23</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%k</literal></entry>
           <entry>Hour in 24-hour format, with a space preceding single digits</entry>
           <entry><literal> 0</literal> through <literal>23</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%I</literal></entry>
           <entry>Two digit representation of the hour in 12-hour format</entry>
           <entry><literal>01</literal> through <literal>12</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%l (lower-case 'L')</literal></entry>
           <entry>Hour in 12-hour format, with a space preceding single digits</entry>
           <entry><literal> 1</literal> through <literal>12</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%M</literal></entry>
           <entry>Two digit representation of the minute</entry>
           <entry><literal>00</literal> through <literal>59</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%p</literal></entry>
           <entry>UPPER-CASE 'AM' or 'PM' based on the given time</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>AM</literal> for 00:31,
           <literal>PM</literal> for 22:23. The exact result depends on the
           Operating System, and they can also return lower-case variants, or
           variants with dots (such as <literal>a.m.</literal>).</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%P</literal></entry>
           <entry>lower-case 'am' or 'pm' based on the given time</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>am</literal> for 00:31,
           <literal>pm</literal> for 22:23. Not supported by all Operating
           Systems.</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%r</literal></entry>
           <entry>Same as "%I:%M:%S %p"</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>09:34:17 PM</literal> for 21:34:17</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%R</literal></entry>
           <entry>Same as "%H:%M"</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>00:35</literal> for 12:35 AM, <literal>16:44</literal> for 4:44 PM</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%S</literal></entry>
           <entry>Two digit representation of the second</entry>
           <entry><literal>00</literal> through <literal>59</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%T</literal></entry>
           <entry>Same as "%H:%M:%S"</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>21:34:17</literal> for 09:34:17 PM</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%X</literal></entry>
           <entry>Preferred time representation based on locale, without the date</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>03:59:16</literal> or <literal>15:59:16</literal></entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%z</literal></entry>
           <entry>The time zone offset. Not implemented as described on
           Windows. See below for more information.</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>-0500</literal> for US Eastern Time</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%Z</literal></entry>
           <entry>The time zone abbreviation. Not implemented as described on
           Windows. See below for more information.</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>EST</literal> for Eastern Time</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry align="center"><emphasis>Time and Date Stamps</emphasis></entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%c</literal></entry>
           <entry>Preferred date and time stamp based on locale</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>Tue Feb  5 00:45:10 2009</literal> for
           February 5, 2009 at 12:45:10 AM</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%D</literal></entry>
           <entry>Same as "%m/%d/%y"</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>02/05/09</literal> for February 5, 2009</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%F</literal></entry>
           <entry>Same as "%Y-%m-%d" (commonly used in database datestamps)</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>2009-02-05</literal> for February 5, 2009</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%s</literal></entry>
           <entry>Unix Epoch Time timestamp (same as the <function>time</function>
           function)</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>305815200</literal> for September 10, 1979 08:40:00 AM</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%x</literal></entry>
           <entry>Preferred date representation based on locale, without the time</entry>
           <entry>Example: <literal>02/05/09</literal> for February 5, 2009</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry align="center"><emphasis>Miscellaneous</emphasis></entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%n</literal></entry>
           <entry>A newline character ("\n")</entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%t</literal></entry>
           <entry>A Tab character ("\t")</entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
          </row>
          <row>
           <entry><literal>%%</literal></entry>
           <entry>A literal percentage character ("%")</entry>
           <entry>---</entry>
          </row>
         </tbody>
        </tgroup>
       </table>
      </para>
      <warning>
       <simpara>
        Contrary to ISO-9899:1999, Sun Solaris starts with Sunday as 1.  As a
        result, <literal>%u</literal> may not function as described in this
        manual.
       </simpara>
      </warning>
      <warning>
       <para>
        <emphasis>Windows only:</emphasis>
       </para>
       <para>
        The <literal>%e</literal> modifier is not supported in the Windows
        implementation of this function. To achieve this value, the
        <literal>%#d</literal> modifier can be used instead. The example below
        illustrates how to write a cross platform compatible function.
       </para>
       <para>
        The <literal>%z</literal> and <literal>%Z</literal> modifiers both
        return the time zone name instead of the offset or abbreviation.
       </para>
      </warning>
      <warning>
       <simpara>
        <emphasis>macOS and musl only:</emphasis> The <literal>%P</literal> modifier 
        is not supported in the macOS implementation of this function.
       </simpara>
      </warning>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    &date.timestamp.description;

   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns a string formatted according <parameter>format</parameter>
   using the given <parameter>timestamp</parameter> or the current
   local time if no timestamp is given.  Month and weekday names and
   other language-dependent strings respect the current locale set
   with <function>setlocale</function>.
   The function returns &false; if <parameter>format</parameter> is empty, contains unsupported
   conversion specifiers, or if the length of the returned string would be greater than
   <literal>4095</literal>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="errors">
  &reftitle.errors;
  &date.timezone.errors.description;
  <para>
   As the output is dependent upon the underlying C library, some conversion
   specifiers are not supported. On Windows, supplying unknown conversion
   specifiers will result in 5 <constant>E_WARNING</constant> messages and
   return &false;. On other operating systems you may not get any
   <constant>E_WARNING</constant> messages and the output may contain the
   conversion specifiers unconverted.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>8.0.0</entry>
       <entry>
        <parameter>timestamp</parameter> is nullable now.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   This example will work if you have the respective locales installed
   in your system.
   <example>
    <title><function>strftime</function> locale examples</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
setlocale(LC_TIME, "C");
echo strftime("%A");
setlocale(LC_TIME, "fi_FI");
echo strftime(" in Finnish is %A,");
setlocale(LC_TIME, "fr_FR");
echo strftime(" in French %A and");
setlocale(LC_TIME, "de_DE");
echo strftime(" in German %A.\n");
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>ISO 8601:1988 week number example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
/*     December 2002 / January 2003
ISOWk  M   Tu  W   Thu F   Sa  Su
----- ----------------------------
51     16  17  18  19  20  21  22
52     23  24  25  26  27  28  29
1      30  31   1   2   3   4   5
2       6   7   8   9  10  11  12
3      13  14  15  16  17  18  19   */

// Outputs: 12/28/2002 - %V,%G,%Y = 52,2002,2002
echo "12/28/2002 - %V,%G,%Y = " . strftime("%V,%G,%Y", strtotime("12/28/2002")) . "\n";

// Outputs: 12/30/2002 - %V,%G,%Y = 1,2003,2002
echo "12/30/2002 - %V,%G,%Y = " . strftime("%V,%G,%Y", strtotime("12/30/2002")) . "\n";

// Outputs: 1/3/2003 - %V,%G,%Y = 1,2003,2003
echo "1/3/2003 - %V,%G,%Y = " . strftime("%V,%G,%Y",strtotime("1/3/2003")) . "\n";

// Outputs: 1/10/2003 - %V,%G,%Y = 2,2003,2003
echo "1/10/2003 - %V,%G,%Y = " . strftime("%V,%G,%Y",strtotime("1/10/2003")) . "\n";



/*     December 2004 / January 2005
ISOWk  M   Tu  W   Thu F   Sa  Su
----- ----------------------------
51     13  14  15  16  17  18  19
52     20  21  22  23  24  25  26
53     27  28  29  30  31   1   2
1       3   4   5   6   7   8   9
2      10  11  12  13  14  15  16   */

// Outputs: 12/23/2004 - %V,%G,%Y = 52,2004,2004
echo "12/23/2004 - %V,%G,%Y = " . strftime("%V,%G,%Y",strtotime("12/23/2004")) . "\n";

// Outputs: 12/31/2004 - %V,%G,%Y = 53,2004,2004
echo "12/31/2004 - %V,%G,%Y = " . strftime("%V,%G,%Y",strtotime("12/31/2004")) . "\n";

// Outputs: 1/2/2005 - %V,%G,%Y = 53,2004,2005
echo "1/2/2005 - %V,%G,%Y = " . strftime("%V,%G,%Y",strtotime("1/2/2005")) . "\n";

// Outputs: 1/3/2005 - %V,%G,%Y = 1,2005,2005
echo "1/3/2005 - %V,%G,%Y = " . strftime("%V,%G,%Y",strtotime("1/3/2005")) . "\n";

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Cross platform compatible example using the <literal>%e</literal> modifier</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

// Jan 1: results in: '%e%1%' (%%, e, %%, %e, %%)
$format = '%%e%%%e%%';

// Check for Windows to find and replace the %e 
// modifier correctly
if (strtoupper(substr(PHP_OS, 0, 3)) == 'WIN') {
    $format = preg_replace('#(?<!%)((?:%%)*)%e#', '\1%#d', $format);
}

echo strftime($format);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Display all known and unknown formats</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

// Describe the formats
$strftimeFormats = array(
    'A' => 'A full textual representation of the day',
    'B' => 'Full month name, based on the locale',
    'C' => 'Two digit representation of the century (year divided by 100, truncated to an integer)',
    'D' => 'Same as "%m/%d/%y"',
    'E' => '',
    'F' => 'Same as "%Y-%m-%d"',
    'G' => 'The full four-digit version of %g',
    'H' => 'Two digit representation of the hour in 24-hour format',
    'I' => 'Two digit representation of the hour in 12-hour format',
    'J' => '',
    'K' => '',
    'L' => '',
    'M' => 'Two digit representation of the minute',
    'N' => '',
    'O' => '',
    'P' => 'lower-case "am" or "pm" based on the given time',
    'Q' => '',
    'R' => 'Same as "%H:%M"',
    'S' => 'Two digit representation of the second',
    'T' => 'Same as "%H:%M:%S"',
    'U' => 'Week number of the given year, starting with the first Sunday as the first week',
    'V' => 'ISO-8601:1988 week number of the given year, starting with the first week of the year with at least 4 weekdays, with Monday being the start of the week',
    'W' => 'A numeric representation of the week of the year, starting with the first Monday as the first week',
    'X' => 'Preferred time representation based on locale, without the date',
    'Y' => 'Four digit representation for the year',
    'Z' => 'The time zone offset/abbreviation option NOT given by %z (depends on operating system)',
    'a' => 'An abbreviated textual representation of the day',
    'b' => 'Abbreviated month name, based on the locale',
    'c' => 'Preferred date and time stamp based on local',
    'd' => 'Two-digit day of the month (with leading zeros)',
    'e' => 'Day of the month, with a space preceding single digits',
    'f' => '',
    'g' => 'Two digit representation of the year going by ISO-8601:1988 standards (see %V)',
    'h' => 'Abbreviated month name, based on the locale (an alias of %b)',
    'i' => '',
    'j' => 'Day of the year, 3 digits with leading zeros',
    'k' => 'Hour in 24-hour format, with a space preceding single digits',
    'l' => 'Hour in 12-hour format, with a space preceding single digits',
    'm' => 'Two digit representation of the month',
    'n' => 'A newline character ("\n")',
    'o' => '',
    'p' => 'UPPER-CASE "AM" or "PM" based on the given time',
    'q' => '',
    'r' => 'Same as "%I:%M:%S %p"',
    's' => 'Unix Epoch Time timestamp',
    't' => 'A Tab character ("\t")',
    'u' => 'ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week',
    'v' => '',
    'w' => 'Numeric representation of the day of the week',
    'x' => 'Preferred date representation based on locale, without the time',
    'y' => 'Two digit representation of the year',
    'z' => 'Either the time zone offset from UTC or the abbreviation (depends on operating system)',
    '%' => 'A literal percentage character ("%")',
);

// Results
$strftimeValues = array();

// Evaluate the formats whilst suppressing any errors
foreach ($strftimeFormats as $format => $description) {
    if (false !== ($value = @strftime("%{$format}"))) {
        $strftimeValues[$format] = $value;
    }
}

// Find the longest value
$maxValueLength = 2 + max(array_map('strlen', $strftimeValues));

// Report known formats
foreach ($strftimeValues as $format => $value) {
    echo "Known format   : '{$format}' = ", str_pad("'{$value}'", $maxValueLength), " ( {$strftimeFormats[$format]} )\n";
}

// Report unknown formats
foreach (array_diff_key($strftimeFormats, $strftimeValues) as $format => $description) {
    echo "Unknown format : '{$format}'   ", str_pad(' ', $maxValueLength), ($description ? " ( {$description} )" : ''), "\n";
}

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs.similar;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
Known format   : 'A' = 'Friday'            ( A full textual representation of the day )
Known format   : 'B' = 'December'          ( Full month name, based on the locale )
Known format   : 'H' = '11'                ( Two digit representation of the hour in 24-hour format )
Known format   : 'I' = '11'                ( Two digit representation of the hour in 12-hour format )
Known format   : 'M' = '24'                ( Two digit representation of the minute )
Known format   : 'S' = '44'                ( Two digit representation of the second )
Known format   : 'U' = '48'                ( Week number of the given year, starting with the first Sunday as the first week )
Known format   : 'W' = '48'                ( A numeric representation of the week of the year, starting with the first Monday as the first week )
Known format   : 'X' = '11:24:44'          ( Preferred time representation based on locale, without the date )
Known format   : 'Y' = '2010'              ( Four digit representation for the year )
Known format   : 'Z' = 'GMT Standard Time' ( The time zone offset/abbreviation option NOT given by %z (depends on operating system) )
Known format   : 'a' = 'Fri'               ( An abbreviated textual representation of the day )
Known format   : 'b' = 'Dec'               ( Abbreviated month name, based on the locale )
Known format   : 'c' = '12/03/10 11:24:44' ( Preferred date and time stamp based on local )
Known format   : 'd' = '03'                ( Two-digit day of the month (with leading zeros) )
Known format   : 'j' = '337'               ( Day of the year, 3 digits with leading zeros )
Known format   : 'm' = '12'                ( Two digit representation of the month )
Known format   : 'p' = 'AM'                ( UPPER-CASE "AM" or "PM" based on the given time )
Known format   : 'w' = '5'                 ( Numeric representation of the day of the week )
Known format   : 'x' = '12/03/10'          ( Preferred date representation based on locale, without the time )
Known format   : 'y' = '10'                ( Two digit representation of the year )
Known format   : 'z' = 'GMT Standard Time' ( Either the time zone offset from UTC or the abbreviation (depends on operating system) )
Known format   : '%' = '%'                 ( A literal percentage character ("%") )
Unknown format : 'C'                       ( Two digit representation of the century (year divided by 100, truncated to an integer) )
Unknown format : 'D'                       ( Same as "%m/%d/%y" )
Unknown format : 'E'
Unknown format : 'F'                       ( Same as "%Y-%m-%d" )
Unknown format : 'G'                       ( The full four-digit version of %g )
Unknown format : 'J'
Unknown format : 'K'
Unknown format : 'L'
Unknown format : 'N'
Unknown format : 'O'
Unknown format : 'P'                       ( lower-case "am" or "pm" based on the given time )
Unknown format : 'Q'
Unknown format : 'R'                       ( Same as "%H:%M" )
Unknown format : 'T'                       ( Same as "%H:%M:%S" )
Unknown format : 'V'                       ( ISO-8601:1988 week number of the given year, starting with the first week of the year with at least 4 weekdays, with Monday being the start of the week )
Unknown format : 'e'                       ( Day of the month, with a space preceding single digits )
Unknown format : 'f'
Unknown format : 'g'                       ( Two digit representation of the year going by ISO-8601:1988 standards (see %V) )
Unknown format : 'h'                       ( Abbreviated month name, based on the locale (an alias of %b) )
Unknown format : 'i'
Unknown format : 'k'                       ( Hour in 24-hour format, with a space preceding single digits )
Unknown format : 'l'                       ( Hour in 12-hour format, with a space preceding single digits )
Unknown format : 'n'                       ( A newline character ("\n") )
Unknown format : 'o'
Unknown format : 'q'
Unknown format : 'r'                       ( Same as "%I:%M:%S %p" )
Unknown format : 's'                       ( Unix Epoch Time timestamp )
Unknown format : 't'                       ( A Tab character ("\t") )
Unknown format : 'u'                       ( ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week )
Unknown format : 'v'
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 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="notes">
  &reftitle.notes;
  <note>
   <simpara>
    %G and %V, which are based on ISO 8601:1988 week numbers can
    give unexpected (albeit correct) results if the numbering system
    is not thoroughly understood.  See %V examples in this manual page.
   </simpara>
  </note>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><methodname>IntlDateFormatter::format</methodname></member>
    <member><methodname>DateTimeInterface::format</methodname></member>
    <member><link xlink:href="&url.strftime.format.designer;">Online strftime() format design tool</link></member>
    <member><function>setlocale</function></member>
    <member><function>mktime</function></member>
    <member><function>strptime</function></member>
    <member><function>gmstrftime</function></member>
    <member><link xlink:href="&spec.strftime;">Open Group specification of <function>strftime</function></link></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
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