mysql2date() WP 0.71

Convert given date string into a different format.

• $format should be a PHP date format string.
• 'U' and 'G' formats will return an integer sum of timestamp with timezone offset.
• $date is expected to be local time in MySQL format (Y-m-d H:i:s).

Historically UTC time could be passed to the function to produce Unix timestamp.

If $translate is true then the given date and format string will be passed to wp_date() translation.

No Hooks.

Return

String|Int|false. Integer if $format is 'U' or 'G', string otherwise. False on failure.

Usage

mysql2date( $format, $date, $translate );

$format(string) (required)

Format of the date to return.

$date(string) (required)

Date string to convert.

$translate(true|false)

Whether the return date should be translated.
Default: true

Changelog

Code of mysql2date() mysql2date ^{WP 5.9}

function mysql2date( $format, $date, $translate = true ) {
	if ( empty( $date ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	$datetime = date_create( $date, wp_timezone() );

	if ( false === $datetime ) {
		return false;
	}

	// Returns a sum of timestamp with timezone offset. Ideally should never be used.
	if ( 'G' === $format || 'U' === $format ) {
		return $datetime->getTimestamp() + $datetime->getOffset();
	}

	if ( $translate ) {
		return wp_date( $format, $datetime->getTimestamp() );
	}

	return $datetime->format( $format );
}

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