I have the following code:
<?php
$date = new DateTime($uh->updated_at);
echo $date->format('d/M/Y');
?>
I need to generate the date, based on the value of a variable. And that this is generated in Spanish. I tried the following, but I could not pass as an argument the date I want.
<?php
setlocale(LC_ALL,"es_ES");
echo strftime("%A %d de %B del %Y");
?>
How can I pass a variable with a dynamic date and that it be printed in Spanish?
You could try something like this:
<?php
setlocale(LC_ALL,"es_ES");
/* HOY */
$fecha = new DateTime();
print strftime("%A %d de %B del %Y", $fecha->getTimestamp()) . "\n";
/* En una semana */
$fecha = new DateTime("2017-08-04");
print strftime("%A %d de %B del %Y", $fecha->getTimestamp()) . "\n";
?>
Result
Friday, July 28, 2017
Friday, August 04, 2017
Analyzing the functions we are using for the date generation , in this case strftime () , we can find that Parameters of this function are:
Although the format can be found in the PHP documentation The parameter timestamp can be obtained in the class DateTime () , which returns the amount of seconds elapsed since January 1, 1970 . This parameter is used by the strftime () feature to generate a message according to the specified format.