<html>
<head>
<title>Dates and Times: Formatting</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$timestamp = time();
echo strftime("The date today is %m/%d/%y", $timestamp);
echo "<br />";
function strip_zeros_from_date($marked_string = "")
{
// remove the marked zeros
$no_zeros = str_replace('*0', '', $marked_string);
// then remove any remaining marks
$cleaned_string = str_replace('*', '', $no_zeros);
return $cleaned_string;
}
echo strip_zeros_from_date(strftime("The date today is *%m/*%d/%y", $timestamp));
echo "<br />";
$dt = time();
$mysql_datetime = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", $dt);
echo $mysql_datetime;
?>
</body>
</html>
include_once 'html5req.php';
?>
<div class="row">
<div class="small-12 medium-6 large-6 columns">
<h1 class="text-center">Date Time Formatting</h1>
<?php
//See http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
$timestamp = time();
echo strftime("The Date Today is %m/%d/%y") . "<br>";
/**
* Removes zeros from strings
*/
function strip_zeros_from_date($marked_string = "")
{
//remove the marked zeros
$no_zeros = str_replace('*0', '', $marked_string);
//remove any remaining marks
$cleaned_string = str_replace('*', '', $no_zeros);
return $cleaned_string;
}
echo strip_zeros_from_date(strftime("The Date Today without zeros in the date is *%m/*%d/%y", $timestamp));
echo "<hr>";
// Created DateTime Accepted by MySQLi
$dt = time();
$mysqli_datetime = strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S");
echo "<h3>The Time in MySQL Format is: </h3>" . $mysqli_datetime;
?>
</div>
</div>