IntlCalendar::isWeekend

Whether a certain date/time is in the weekend

Description

Object-oriented style

public bool IntlCalendar::isWeekend(floatnull $timestamp = null)

Procedural style

bool intlcal_is_weekend(IntlCalendar $calendar, floatnull $timestamp = null)

Returns whether either the obejctʼs current time or the provided timestamp occur during a weekend in this objectʼs calendar system.

This function requires ICU 4.4 or later.

Parameters

calendar

An IntlCalendar instance.

timestamp

An optional timestamp representing the number of milliseconds since the epoch, excluding leap seconds. If null, this objectʼs current time is used instead.

Return Values

A bool indicating whether the given or this objectʼs time occurs in a weekend.

On failure false is also returned. To detect error conditions use intl_get_error_code, or set up Intl to throw exceptions.

Examples

Example #1 IntlCalendar::isWeekend

<?php
ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Lisbon');

$cal = new IntlGregorianCalendar(NULL, 'en_US');
$cal->set(2013, 6 /* July */, 7); // a Sunday 

var_dump($cal->isWeekend()); // true
var_dump($cal->isWeekend(strtotime('2013-07-01 00:00:00'))); // false, Monday

$cal = new IntlGregorianCalendar(NULL, 'ar_SA');
$cal->set(2013, 6 /* July */, 7); // a Sunday 
var_dump($cal->isWeekend()); // false, Sunday not in weekend in this calendar

See Also

  • IntlCalendar::getDayOfWeekType
  • IntlCalendar::getWeekendTransition