How can I use words in PHP date format?

Question

I want to use PHP date to write something like:

Generated Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:00pm

using:

echo "Generated ".date('D, M j, Y at g:ia');

However, I cannot use the "at" because that is swapped with 00am

Is there a way to include the word at in the date formation without using two date()?

`.date('D, M j, Y \a\t g:ia');` – Elen Aug 30 '13 at 13:41 — Elen, Aug 30 '13 at 13:41

score 16 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 30 '13 at 13:42

16

You can escape characters in the output like this:

echo "Generated ".date('D, M j, Y \a\t g:ia');

The following is taken from the PHP Date function (http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php):

<?php
// prints something like: Wednesday the 15th
echo date('l \t\h\e jS');
?>

answered Aug 30 '13 at 13:42

Fluffeh

not work with my code. would you please help $last_modified_date = new DateTime(); $last_modified_date->format("l \a\t H:ia"); – Sachin Sarola Jul 13 '18 at 05:55
echo date("l \a\t H:ia"); also not worked I am using php 7.1.* version – Sachin Sarola Jul 13 '18 at 06:01
For escaping "t" it seems single quotes are necessary date('l \a\t H:ia'), my hunch is to do with it being a special character (tab) although curiously with "n" you can use two backslashes with double quotes ie. "\\n" – user36388 Apr 23 '20 at 08:26

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 30 '13 at 13:43

3

echo "Generated ".date('D, M j, Y \a\t g:ia');

answered Aug 30 '13 at 13:43

M.Svrcek

2 Answers2