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Description

Gets the date as a formatted string.

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Syntax

format($format, $local=true)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$format		The date format specification string (see )
$local	true	True to return the date string in the local time zone, false to return it in GMT.

Returns

string The date string in the specified format format.

Defined in

libraries/joomla/utilities/date.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.utilities.date' );

Source Body

public function format($format, $local = true)
{
        // Do string replacements for date format options that can be translated.
        $format = preg_replace('/(^|[^\\\])D/', "\\1".self::DAY_ABBR, $format);
        $format = preg_replace('/(^|[^\\\])l/', "\\1".self::DAY_NAME, $format);
        $format = preg_replace('/(^|[^\\\])M/', "\\1".self::MONTH_ABBR, $format);
        $format = preg_replace('/(^|[^\\\])F/', "\\1".self::MONTH_NAME, $format);

        // If the returned time should not be local use GMT.
        if (!$local) {
                parent::setTimezone(self::$gmt);
        }

        // Format the date.
        $return = parent::format($format);

        // Manually modify the month and day strings in the formated time.
        if (strpos($return, self::DAY_ABBR) !== false) {
                $return = str_replace(self::DAY_ABBR, $this->_dayToString(parent::format('w'), true), $return);
        }
        if (strpos($return, self::DAY_NAME) !== false) {
                $return = str_replace(self::DAY_NAME, $this->_dayToString(parent::format('w')), $return);
        }
        if (strpos($return, self::MONTH_ABBR) !== false) {
                $return = str_replace(self::MONTH_ABBR, $this->_monthToString(parent::format('n'), true), $return);
        }
        if (strpos($return, self::MONTH_NAME) !== false) {
                $return = str_replace(self::MONTH_NAME, $this->_monthToString(parent::format('n')), $return);
        }

        if (!$local) {
                parent::setTimezone($this->_tz);
        }


        return $return;
}

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