public function DateFormatter::format

public DateFormatter::format($timestamp, $type = 'medium', $format = '', $timezone = NULL, $langcode = NULL)

Formats a date, using a date type or a custom date format string.

Parameters

int $timestamp: A UNIX timestamp to format.

string $type: (optional) The format to use, one of:

• One of the built-in formats: 'short', 'medium', 'long', 'html_datetime', 'html_date', 'html_time', 'html_yearless_date', 'html_week', 'html_month', 'html_year'.
• The name of a date type defined by a date format config entity.
• The machine name of an administrator-defined date format.
• 'custom', to use $format.

Defaults to 'medium'.

string $format: (optional) If $type is 'custom', a PHP date format string suitable for input to date(). Use a backslash to escape ordinary text, so it does not get interpreted as date format characters.

string|null $timezone: (optional) Time zone identifier, as described at http://php.net/manual/timezones.php Defaults to the time zone used to display the page.

string|null $langcode: (optional) Language code to translate to. NULL (default) means to use the user interface language for the page.

Return value

string A translated date string in the requested format. Since the format may contain user input, this value should be escaped when output.

Overrides DateFormatterInterface::format

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Datetime/DateFormatter.php, line 103

Class

DateFormatter

Provides a service to handle various date related functionality.

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Datetime

Code

public function format($timestamp, $type = 'medium', $format = '', $timezone = NULL, $langcode = NULL) {
  if (!isset($timezone)) {
    $timezone = date_default_timezone_get();
  }
  // Store DateTimeZone objects in an array rather than repeatedly
  // constructing identical objects over the life of a request.
  if (!isset($this->timezones[$timezone])) {
    $this->timezones[$timezone] = timezone_open($timezone);
  }

  if (empty($langcode)) {
    $langcode = $this->languageManager->getCurrentLanguage()->getId();
  }

  // Create a DrupalDateTime object from the timestamp and timezone.
  $create_settings = array(
    'langcode' => $langcode,
    'country' => $this->country(),
  );
  $date = DrupalDateTime::createFromTimestamp($timestamp, $this->timezones[$timezone], $create_settings);

  // If we have a non-custom date format use the provided date format pattern.
  if ($date_format = $this->dateFormat($type, $langcode)) {
    $format = $date_format->getPattern();
  }

  // Fall back to medium if a format was not found.
  if (empty($format)) {
    $format = $this->dateFormat('fallback', $langcode)->getPattern();
  }

  // Call $date->format().
  $settings = array(
    'langcode' => $langcode,
  );
  return $date->format($format, $settings);
}