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IntlDateFormatter::getDateType

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

Get the datetype used for the IntlDateFormatter

Description

Oop

IntlDateFormatter::getDateType(): int|false

Procedural

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, Falseforfailure.

Examples

datefmt_get_datetype() example

php
<?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);

?>

OO example

php
<?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:

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

See Also

Source: reference/intl/dateformatter/get-datetype.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)