PHP Date formatting with name of day and time

Question

I have the following snippet in my code that prints "06. Oktober 2016"

<?php
    // german umlauts in date not possible without date formatter
    $fmt = new IntlDateFormatter('de_DE' ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL, IntlDateFormatter::NONE, 'Europe/Berlin', IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN);
    $fmt->setPattern("MMMM");
    $event_date_format = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $event_date[0]);
    $dateOp = $event_date_format->format('d') . ". " . $fmt->format($event_date_format) . " " . $event_date_format->format('Y');
?>

I want however to also include "Montag, 06. Oktober 2016, 12:33 Uhr"

I can't seem to make that work when using this for instance:

$dateOp = $event_date_format->format('l') . ", " . $event_date_format->format('d') . ". " . $fmt->format($event_date_format) . " " . $event_date_format->format('Y') . ", " . $event_date_format->format('G') . "." . $event_date_format->format('i') ;

Any idea what I have todo to get this information out of the date?

Based on the line where you get the date data ($event_date_format = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd', $event_date[0]);) it seems like you are only getting the year, month, and date, and not the hours and minutes that you want. — Anton
– Anton, Commented Sep 26, 2016 at 12:51
"I can't make that work" is not a problem statement. What exactly you expect? There is no way to output "Montag" for 6th October because it is Thursday. DateTime::format('l') outputs weekday in English. You need to use IntlDateFormatter to translate it. — Alex Blex
– Alex Blex, Commented Sep 26, 2016 at 12:52
By the way, you can use DateTime's format() call once instead of many times with concatenations, try: $event_date_format->format('l, d. M , G.i'); which gets you much cleaner code. — Anton
– Anton, Commented Sep 26, 2016 at 12:54
To get the day in letter you can get the number of the date and with a switch case do it yourself — jean-max
– jean-max, Commented Sep 26, 2016 at 12:55

HeatherEMSL · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-26 14:12:49Z

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You'll want to set up your whole format with the formatter to get the correct output with the German language strings.

$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter('de_DE' ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL, IntlDateFormatter::NONE, 'Europe/Berlin', IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN);
// set the format to Samstag, 01. Oktober 2016, 14:30
$fmt->setPattern("cccc, dd. MMMM YYYY, HH:mm");

// adjusted per edit 2: you need will also need to ensure your input $event_date[0] is in a format which includes a time
$event_date_format = DateTime::createFromFormat('Ymd H:i', $event_date[0]);

// you can add the Uhr here, or add it in the format, escaping as needed
$dateOp = $fmt->format($event_date_format)." Uhr";

See this page for format options: http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime

Edit: sorry just noticed the requirement for the time and edited accordingly.

Edit 2: Just noticed Anton pointed out in a reply that your creation of $event_date_format doesn't include the time - absolutely correct. So the time on these events will be incorrect until you adjust your input to include the time.

edited Sep 26, 2016 at 14:12

answered Sep 26, 2016 at 12:58

HeatherEMSL

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Sébastien REMY Over a year ago

userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime link is break

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