> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://talltips.novate.co.uk/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://talltips.novate.co.uk/laravel/php-datetime-formatting-cribsheet.md). # PHP DateTime formatting cribsheet Usage with php datetime object or [Carbon](https://carbon.nesbot.com/) {% tabs %} {% tab title="Time" %} ### 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* | | {% endtab %} | | | {% tab title="Date" %} ### Day | Character | Description | Example | | :-------: | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | | d | Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros | *01* through *31* | | j | Day of the month without leading zeros | *1* through *31* | | D | Textual representation of a day, three letters | *Mon* through *Sun*\*\* | | l | (lowercase L) Full textual representation of a day of the week |

Monday through

Sunday \*\*

| | N | ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week |

1 through 7

(mon=1)

| | S | English ordinal suffix for the day of the month | *st*, *nd*, *rd*, or *th* | | w | Numeric representation of the weekday | *0* (sun) through *6* | | z | The day of the year (zero index for Jan 1) | *0* through *365* | ### Week | Character | Description | Example | | :-------: | ------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | W | ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday |

Example: 42

(the 42nd week in the year)

| ### Month | Character | Description | Example | | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------- | | m | Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros | *01* through *12* | | n | Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros | *1* through *12* | | M | A short textual representation of a month, three letters | *Jan* through *Dec \*\** | | F | A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March | *January* through *December* | | t | The number of days in the given month | *28* through *31* | ### Year | Character | Description | Example | | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | | Y | a four digit numeric representation of the year | *2020* or *1999* | | y | a two digit numeric representation of the year | *20* or *99* | | L | Whether it is a leap year |

1 for leap year,

0 otherwise

| | o | ISO-8601 week-numbering year. This has the same value as Y, except that if the ISO week number (W) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. | 2020 or 1999 | \*\* can be varied through localisation {% endtab %} {% tab title="Other" %} | Character | Description | Example | | :-----------: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | | c | ISO 8601 Full Date Time | `2020-06-26T13:40:10+00:00` | | r | [ RFC 2822](http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822) formatted date | `Fri, 26 Jun 2020 13:41:32 +0100` | | U | Seconds since the Unix Epoch (commonly referred to as timestamp format) | *1593175400* | | {% endtab %} | | | | {% endtabs %} | | |