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JDate::format

Description

Gets the date as a formatted string.

public function format (
        $format
        $local=false
)

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
$format	string		The date format specification string (see )
$local	boolean	false	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 on line 291 of libraries/joomla/utilities/date.php
• Since

See also

• JDate::format source code on BitBucket
• Class JDate
• Subpackage Utilities
• Other versions of JDate::format