PHP gmstrftime() Function

The PHP gmstrftime() function formats a Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) time and/or date according to locale settings. Month and weekday names and other language-dependent strings respect the current locale set with setlocale() function.

Syntax

gmstrftime(format, timestamp)

Parameters

format parameter string

Return Value

Returns a string formatted according to specified format the given timestamp or the current local time if no timestamp is given. Month and weekday names and other language-dependent strings respect the current locale set with setlocale() function. The function returns false if format is empty, contains unsupported conversion specifiers, or if the length of the returned string would be greater than 4095.

Example: gmstrftime() example

The example below shows the usage of gmstrftime() function.

<?php
//displaying the date
echo gmstrftime("%d %B, %Y", strtotime("10/15/2015 10:15:28"))."\n";
 
//displaying the time
echo gmstrftime("%I:%M:%S %p", strtotime("10/15/2015 10:15:28"))."\n";

//displaying date and time
echo gmstrftime("%d %B, %Y  %I:%M:%S %p", 
              strtotime("10/15/2015 10:15:28"))."\n";

//displaying date and time (current local time)
echo gmstrftime("%d %B, %Y  %I:%M:%S %p", time());             
?>

The output of the above code will be:

15 October, 2015
10:15:28 AM
15 October, 2015  10:15:28 AM
01 October, 2021  09:41:03 AM

Example: gmstrftime() locale examples

Consider one more example where this function is used with different locales.

<?php
//setting locale to German
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'de_DE');
echo gmstrftime("The current German time is %r\n");

//setting locale to UK
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'UK');
echo gmstrftime("The current UK time is %r\n");
?>

The output of the above code will be:

The current German time is 09:43:29 AM
The current UK time is 09:43:29 AM