PHP DateTime formatting cribsheet
Describes the placeholders you can use when formatting dates in PHP or with Carbon
Usage with php datetime object or Carbon
Hour
Character
Description
Example
H
24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros
00 through 23
G
24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros
0 through 23
h
12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros
01 through 12
g
12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros
1 through 12
a
Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem
am
or pm
A
Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem
AM
or PM
Minutes and Seconds
Character
Description
Example
i
Minutes with leading zeros
00 through 59
s
Seconds with leading zeros
00 through 59
u
Microseconds
eg 123456
v
Milliseconds
eg 654
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