API15:JDate/toFormat

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Description

Gets the date in a specific format

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Syntax

toFormat($format= '%Y-%m-%d%H:%M:%S')

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$format	'%Y-%m-%d%H:%M:%S'	$format The date format specification string (see )

Returns

a date in a specific format

Defined in

libraries/joomla/utilities/date.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.utilities.date' );

Source Body

function toFormat($format = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
{
        $date = ($this->_date !== false) ? $this->_strftime($format, $this->_date + $this->_offset) : null;
 
        return $date;
}

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Examples

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