 | Formatting Dates/Times in ASP, PHP, Cold Fusion, VB.NET Notes |
| Ever find yourself needing to remember how to format a date or time in a particular programming language? Here is a list of different programming languages and how to format a date or time in that language. |
| PHP |
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$current_date=date("m/d/Y"); // returns 09/15/2007 $current_time_military=date("H:i:s"); // returns 18:09:54 time in military $current_time_ampm=date("h:i:s a"); // returns 06:09:54 pm time in 12 hour format am/pm $date_time_for_mysql=date("Y-m-d")." ".date("H:i:s"); // returns "2007-09-15 18:09:54". $olddate="03/21/2004"; $mynewdate=date("Y-m-d", strtotime($olddate)); // Converts a Date Formatted "03/21/2004" echo($mynewdate); // To New Date Format "2004-03-21" (Used by MySql Date Field) Use this to format date/time when constructing MySQL Insert/Update Statements Click here for full list of format options... |
| Classic ASP |
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x=now() current_date_time=month(x) & "/" & day(x) & "/" & year(x) 'returns 9/17/2007 current_time=hour(x) & ":" & minute(x) & ":" & second(x) 'returns 18:14:25 military time |
| VB.NET/ASP.NET |
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Dim x x=Now current_date=Format(Now, "MM/dd/yyyy") 'Returns 09/15/2007 current_time=Format(Now, "hh:mm:ss tt") 'Returns 10:23:45 PM current_time_military=Format(Now, "HH:mm:ss")'Returns 22:23:45 in military current_time_military=FormatDateTime(Now, vbShortTime) 'Returns 22:23 in military |
| Cold Fusion |
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#DateFormat(todayDate, "mm/dd/yyyy")# Rem returns 09/16/2008 #TimeFormat(todayDate, "HH:mm:ss")# Rem returns 21:12:07 military #TimeFormat(todayDate, "hh:mm:sstt")# Rem returns 09:12:07 pm |