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DateInterval::format

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DateInterval::formatFormats the interval

Descrizione

public DateInterval::format(string $format): string

Formats the interval.

Elenco dei parametri

format

The following characters are recognized in the format parameter string. Each format character must be prefixed by a percent sign (%).
format character Description Example values
% Literal % %
Y Years, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03
y Years, numeric 1, 3
M Months, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03, 12
m Months, numeric 1, 3, 12
D Days, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03, 31
d Days, numeric 1, 3, 31
a Total number of days as a result of a DateTime::diff() or (unknown) otherwise 4, 18, 8123
H Hours, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03, 23
h Hours, numeric 1, 3, 23
I Minutes, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03, 59
i Minutes, numeric 1, 3, 59
S Seconds, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0 01, 03, 57
s Seconds, numeric 1, 3, 57
F Microseconds, numeric, at least 6 digits with leading 0 007701, 052738, 428291
f Microseconds, numeric 7701, 52738, 428291
R Sign "-" when negative, "+" when positive -, +
r Sign "-" when negative, empty when positive -,

Valori restituiti

Returns the formatted interval.

Log delle modifiche

Versione Descrizione
7.2.12 The F and f format will now always be positive.
7.1.0 The F and f format characters were added.

Esempi

Example #1 DateInterval example

<?php

$interval
= new DateInterval('P2Y4DT6H8M');
echo
$interval->format('%d days');

?>

Il precedente esempio visualizzerà:

4 days

Example #2 DateInterval and carry over points

<?php

$interval
= new DateInterval('P32D');
echo
$interval->format('%d days');

?>

Il precedente esempio visualizzerà:

32 days

Example #3 DateInterval and DateTime::diff() with the %a and %d modifiers

<?php

$january
= new DateTime('2010-01-01');
$february = new DateTime('2010-02-01');
$interval = $february->diff($january);

// %a will output the total number of days.
echo $interval->format('%a total days')."\n";

// While %d will only output the number of days not already covered by the
// month.
echo $interval->format('%m month, %d days');

?>

Il precedente esempio visualizzerà:

31 total days
1 month, 0 days

Note

Nota:

The DateInterval::format() method does not recalculate carry over points in time strings nor in date segments. This is expected because it is not possible to overflow values like "32 days" which could be interpreted as anything from "1 month and 4 days" to "1 month and 1 day".

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online dot cloudmeetings dot marco at gmail dot com
4 months ago
Pls note these important abbreviations;

P: period
Y: years
M: months
D: days
T: time
H: hours
M: minutes
S: seconds

The above is from the ISO 8601 - an international standard that defines how to use, store, and transfer date, time, and duration information.
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