Javascript DateFormat[%t]er Class
Using PHP strftime Format Conversion
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//Given Date: Saturday, 04 July 2009 04:39:20
//Given Language: en
var oDate = new DateFormat({lang:'en'});
oDate.getDate({year:2009, month:7, date:4, hours:4, minutes:39, seconds:20}, %m-%d-%Y);
//output mm-dd-yyyy
oDate.toFormat('%B, %Y');
//output Month, yyyy
| Format | PHP#strftime (server side time) |
#toFormat (%X) (client side time) |
Description | |
| %% | % | output percentage % | ||
| %a | Sat | abbreviated weekday name | ||
| %A | Saturday | full weekday name | ||
| %b | Jul | abbreviated month name | ||
| %B | July | full month name | ||
| %c | Sat 04 Jul 2009 04:39:20 AM UTC | preferred date and time | ||
| %C | 20 | century number (range 00 to 99) | ||
| %d | 04 | day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31) | ||
| %D | 07/04/09 | same as %m/%d/%y | ||
| %e | 4 | day of the month as a single digit (range ' 1' to '31') | ||
| %F | - | %F format not found in PHP. I add a new one, to calculate the week of month | ||
| %g | 09 | like %G, but without the century. | ||
| %G | 2009 | The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO. | ||
| %h | Jul | same as %b | ||
| %H | 04 | hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23) | ||
| %I | 04 | hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12) | ||
| %j | 185 | day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366) | ||
| %m | 07 | month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12) | ||
| %M | 39 | minute as a decimal number | ||
| %n | newline character (the JS returned <br />) | |||
| %p | AM | either `am' or `pm' according to the given time value | ||
| %r | 04:39:20 AM | time in a.m. and p.m. notation | ||
| %R | 04:39 | time in 24 hour notation | ||
| %S | 20 | second as a decimal number | ||
| %t | tab character | |||
| %T | 04:39:20 | current time, equal to %H:%M:%S | ||
| %u | 6 | weekday as a decimal number [1,7], with 1 representing Monday | ||
| %U | 26 | week number of the current year as a decimal number (%V-1) | ||
| %V | 27 | The ISO 8601:1988 week of the current year, range 01 to 53 | ||
| %W | 26 | In PHP, this format same as %U. But I choose to make it same as %V (see above) | ||
| %w | 6 | day of the week as a decimal, Sunday being 0 | ||
| %x | 07/04/2009 | preferred date representation for the current locale without the time | ||
| %X | 04:39:20 AM | preferred time representation for the current locale without the date | ||
| %y | 09 | year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99) | ||
| %Y | 2009 | year as a decimal number including the century | ||
| %Z | UTC | time zone or name or abbreviation | ||
| %z | +0000 | same as above | ||
About (prototype version)
I have heard prototype.js for long time, but I avoid to use any javascript library for the sake of my skill (or my ego?). But at least I have to deal with a project that use prototype.js as main library. So, I download it (version 1.6.0.2) along with scriptaculous.js. Please be patient with me (my script), because I just learn prototype for few days and try to play and making some fun.
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This example using DateFormat prototype version. But there is also a standard version that not required prototype. To download the code, you can find it here: Javascript DateFormat.
