| Day |
| d |
Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros 01 to 31 |
| D |
A textual representation of a day, three letters Mon through Sun |
| j |
Day of the month without leading zeros 1 to 31 |
| l |
(lowercase 'L') A full textual representation of the day of the week Sunday through Saturday |
| N |
ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week (added in PHP 5.1.0) 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday) |
| S |
English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j |
| w |
Numeric representation of the day of the week 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) |
| z |
The day of the year (starting from 0) 0 through 365 |
| Time |
| a |
Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem am or pm |
| A |
Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem AM or PM |
| B |
Swatch Internet time 000 through 999 |
| g |
12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros 1 through 12 |
| G |
24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros 0 through 23 |
| h |
12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros 01 through 12 |
| H |
24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros 00 through 23 |
| i | Minutes with leading zeros 00 to 59 |
| s |
Seconds, with leading zeros 00 through 59 |
| u |
Milliseconds (added in PHP 5.2.2) Example: 54321 |
| Timezone |
| e |
Timezone identifier (added in PHP 5.1.0) Examples: UTC, GMT, Atlantic/Azores |
| I |
(capital i)Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time 1 if Daylight Saving Time, 0 otherwise. |
| O |
Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours Example: +0200 |
| P |
Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes (added in PHP 5.1.3) Example: +02:00 |
| T |
Timezone abbreviation. Examples: EST, MDT ... |
| Z |
Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive. -43200 through 50400 |