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<div id="function.gmstrftime" class="refentry">
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<h1 class="refname">gmstrftime</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">gmstrftime</span> — <span class="dc-title">Format a GMT/UTC time/date according to locale settings</span></p>
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<a name="function.gmstrftime.description"></a><div class="refsect1 description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">string</span> <span class="methodname"><b>gmstrftime</b></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <tt class="parameter">$format</tt></span>
[, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <tt class="parameter">$timestamp</tt><span class="initializer"> = time()</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Behaves the same as <a href="function.strftime.php" class="function">strftime()</a> except that the
time returned is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For example, when run
in Eastern Standard Time (GMT -0500), the first line below prints
"Dec 31 1998 20:00:00", while the second prints "Jan 01 1999
01:00:00".
</p>
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<a name="function.gmstrftime.parameters"></a><div class="refsect1 parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><dl>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">format</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
See description in <a href="function.strftime.php" class="function">strftime()</a>.
</p>
</dd>
<dt class="varlistentry">
<span class="term"><i><tt class="parameter">timestamp</tt></i>
</span>
</dt><dd class="listitem">
<p class="para">
The optional <i><tt class="parameter">timestamp</tt></i>
parameter is an
<a href="language.types.integer.php" class="type integer">integer</a> Unix timestamp that defaults to the current
local time if a <i><tt class="parameter">timestamp</tt></i>
is not given. In other
words, it defaults to the value of <a href="function.time.php" class="function">time()</a>.
</p></dd>
</dl>
<p>
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<a name="function.gmstrftime.returnvalues"></a><div class="refsect1 returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns a string formatted according to the given format string
using the given <i><tt class="parameter">timestamp</tt></i>
or the current
local time if no timestamp is given. Month and weekday names and
other language dependent strings respect the current locale set
with <a href="function.setlocale.php" class="function">setlocale()</a>.
</p>
</div>
<a name="function.gmstrftime.examples"></a><div class="refsect1 examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><div class="example">
<p><b>Example #1 <b>gmstrftime()</b> example</b></p>
<div class="example-contents programlisting">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />setlocale</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">LC_TIME</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'en_US'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">strftime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mktime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">20</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">12</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">31</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">98</span><span style="color: #007700">)) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">gmstrftime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">"%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S"</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">mktime</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">20</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">12</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">31</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">98</span><span style="color: #007700">)) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"\n"</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
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</div><p>
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<a name="function.gmstrftime.seealso"></a><div class="refsect1 seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
</p><ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><a href="function.strftime.php" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">strftime()</a> - Format a local time/date according to locale settings</li>
</ul><p>
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