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Date

  • Full name: \Qubus\Support\DateTime\Date

Methods

format

Formats date.

public format(string $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s'): string

This function uses the set timezone from date config.

Example Usage:

 $datetime = 'May 15, 2018 2:15 PM';
 $this->format('Y-m-d H:i:s', $datetime);

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$format string Format of the date. Default is Y-m-d H:i:s.

current

Returns the current time based on specified type.

public current(string $type, bool $gmt = false): int|string

The 'db' type will return the time in the format for database date field(s). The 'timestamp' type will return the current timestamp. Other strings will be interpreted as PHP date formats (e.g. 'Y-m-d H:i:s').

If $gmt is set to either '1' or 'true', then both types will use GMT time. If $gmt is false, the output is adjusted with the GMT offset based on date config.

Parameters:

Parameter Type Description
$type string Type of time to return. Accepts 'db', 'timestamp', or PHP date
format string (e.g. 'Y-m-d').
$gmt bool Optional. Whether to use GMT timezone. Default false.

Return Value:

Integer if $type is 'timestamp', string otherwise.

Automatically generated on 2025-10-13