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date_i18n ›

Since0.71
Deprecatedn/a
› date_i18n ( $dateformatstring, $unixtimestamp = false, $gmt = false )
Parameters: (3)
  • (string) $dateformatstring Format to display the date.
    Required: Yes
  • (bool|int) $unixtimestamp Optional. Unix timestamp. Default false.
    Required: No
    Default: false
  • (bool) $gmt Optional. Whether to use GMT timezone. Default false.
    Required: No
    Default: false
Returns:
  • (string) The date, translated if locale specifies it.
Defined at:
Codex:

Retrieve the date in localized format, based on timestamp.

If the locale specifies the locale month and weekday, then the locale will take over the format for the date. If it isn't, then the date format string will be used instead.



Related Functions: update_option, update_nag, wp_update_link, validate_plugin, path_join

Source 

function date_i18n( $dateformatstring, $unixtimestamp = false, $gmt = false ) {
	global $wp_locale;
	$i = $unixtimestamp;

	if ( false === $i ) {
		$i = current_time( 'timestamp', $gmt );
	}

	/*
	 * Store original value for language with untypical grammars.
	 * See https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/9396
	 */
	$req_format = $dateformatstring;

	if ( ( ! empty( $wp_locale->month ) ) && ( ! empty( $wp_locale->weekday ) ) ) {
		$datemonth            = $wp_locale->get_month( date( 'm', $i ) );
		$datemonth_abbrev     = $wp_locale->get_month_abbrev( $datemonth );
		$dateweekday          = $wp_locale->get_weekday( date( 'w', $i ) );
		$dateweekday_abbrev   = $wp_locale->get_weekday_abbrev( $dateweekday );
		$datemeridiem         = $wp_locale->get_meridiem( date( 'a', $i ) );
		$datemeridiem_capital = $wp_locale->get_meridiem( date( 'A', $i ) );
		$dateformatstring     = ' ' . $dateformatstring;
		$dateformatstring     = preg_replace( '/([^\\\])D/', "\\1" . backslashit( $dateweekday_abbrev ), $dateformatstring );
		$dateformatstring     = preg_replace( '/([^\\\])F/', "\\1" . backslashit( $datemonth ), $dateformatstring );
		$dateformatstring     = preg_replace( '/([^\\\])l/', "\\1" . backslashit( $dateweekday ), $dateformatstring );
		$dateformatstring     = preg_replace( '/([^\\\])M/', "\\1" . backslashit( $datemonth_abbrev ), $dateformatstring );
		$dateformatstring     = preg_replace( '/([^\\\])a/', "\\1" . backslashit( $datemeridiem ), $dateformatstring );
		$dateformatstring     = preg_replace( '/([^\\\])A/', "\\1" . backslashit( $datemeridiem_capital ), $dateformatstring );

		$dateformatstring = substr( $dateformatstring, 1, strlen( $dateformatstring ) - 1 );
	}
	$timezone_formats    = array( 'P', 'I', 'O', 'T', 'Z', 'e' );
	$timezone_formats_re = implode( '|', $timezone_formats );
	if ( preg_match( "/$timezone_formats_re/", $dateformatstring ) ) {
		$timezone_string = get_option( 'timezone_string' );
		if ( $timezone_string ) {
			$timezone_object = timezone_open( $timezone_string );
			$date_object     = date_create( null, $timezone_object );
			foreach ( $timezone_formats as $timezone_format ) {
				if ( false !== strpos( $dateformatstring, $timezone_format ) ) {
					$formatted        = date_format( $date_object, $timezone_format );
					$dateformatstring = ' ' . $dateformatstring;
					$dateformatstring = preg_replace( "/([^\\\])$timezone_format/", "\\1" . backslashit( $formatted ), $dateformatstring );
					$dateformatstring = substr( $dateformatstring, 1, strlen( $dateformatstring ) - 1 );
				}
			}
		}
	}
	$j = @date( $dateformatstring, $i );

	/**
	 * Filters the date formatted based on the locale.
	 *
	 * @since 2.8.0
	 *
	 * @param string $j          Formatted date string.
	 * @param string $req_format Format to display the date.
	 * @param int    $i          Unix timestamp.
	 * @param bool   $gmt        Whether to convert to GMT for time. Default false.
	 */
	$j = apply_filters( 'date_i18n', $j, $req_format, $i, $gmt );
	return $j;
}