IntlDateFormatter::getDateType

datefmt_get_datetype

Get the datetype used for the IntlDateFormatter

Description

Object-oriented style

public intfalse IntlDateFormatter::getDateType()

Procedural style

intfalse datefmt_get_datetype(IntlDateFormatter $formatter)

Returns date type used by the formatter.

Parameters

formatter: The formatter resource.

Return Values

The current date type value of the formatter, or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 datefmt_get_datetype example

<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create(
    'en_US',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'datetype of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_datetype($fmt);
echo 'First Formatted output with datetype is ' . datefmt_format($fmt, 0);

$fmt = datefmt_create(
    'en_US',
    IntlDateFormatter::SHORT,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'Now datetype of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_datetype($fmt);
echo 'Second Formatted output with datetype is ' . datefmt_format($fmt, 0);

?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
    'en_US',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'datetype of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getDateType();
echo 'First Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
    'en_US',
    IntlDateFormatter::SHORT,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'Now datetype of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getDateType();
echo 'Second Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(0);

?>

The above example will output:

datetype of the formatter is : 0
First Formatted output is Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT
Now datetype of the formatter is : 2
Second Formatted output is 12/31/69 4:00:00 PM PT