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Explaination of parameters

Parameter Explaination Values Allowed modes
mode Sets display mode.
  • unix
    • Unix timestamp in seconds.
  • single
    • Display last significant nonzero value of Unix timestamp.
  • countdown
    • Count to referenced time.
  • countup
    • Count from referenced time.
  • simple
    • Date and time in number.
  • plain
    • Date and time in full text.
  • custom
    • Customized time format specified by format parameter.
  • him (default)
    • HIM timestamp.
time Sets referenced time.
  • Single integer representing Unix timestamp.
  • String formatted using RFC 2822 or ISO 8601 standard.
 countdown
countup
unit Sets display unit.
  • Single positive integer representing milliseconds.
  • second, sec
  • minute, min
  • hour, hr (default)
  • day
  • week, wk
  • month, mo
    • 1/12th of Gregorian calendar year. (30.436 days)
  • year, yr
    • Average Gregorian calendar year. (365.24 days)
countdown
countup
span Sets duration.
  • Single integer representing Unix timestamp.
  • String formatted using RFC 2822 or ISO 8601 standard.
  • Any number followed by space and units from above.
    • e.g. 100 year
  • shorter
    • 654,321 hours.
  • short
    • 765,432.1 hours.
  • long (default)
    • 876,543.21 hours.
  • longer
    • 987,654.321 hours.
countdown
base Sets base of number.
  • Any integer from 2 to 36.
  • binary, bin
    • base 2.
  • octal, oct
    • base 8.
  • decimal, dec (default)
    • base 10.
  • hexadecimal, hex
    • base 16.
unix
single
digit Sets decimal digit.
  • Any positive integer.
  • Default value is 0 for unix
  • Default value depends on unit, between 3 and 6.
 unix
countup
countdown
space Sets space character.
  • Any string.
  • \n (%0A)
    • new line (<br&rt;).
  • \t (%09)
    • em space (&emsp;).
  • Default value is empty string.
 him
line Sets line character.
  • Any string.
  • \n (%0A) (default)
    • new line.
  • \t (%09)
    • em space (&emsp;).
simple
plain
format Specifies custom time format.
  • PHP style date format. See table below.
  • YMdDHiTs (default)
    • Same output as HIM timestamp.
custom
style
  • Space(%20)-separated list of any of following.
  • default (default)
  • light
  • dark
  • font-normal
  • font-bold
  • font-bolder
  • font-lighter
  • font-italic
  • font-oblique
  • monospace
  • serif
  • orbitron

PHP style date format (link)

Format character Description Example returned values
Day --- ---
d Day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros 01 to 31
D A textual representation of a day, three letters Mon through Sun
j Day of the month without leading zeros 1 to 31
l (lowercase 'L') A full textual representation of the day of the week Sunday through Saturday
N ISO-8601 numeric representation of the day of the week (added in PHP 5.1.0) 1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)
S English ordinal suffix for the day of the month, 2 characters st, nd, rd or th. Works well with j
w Numeric representation of the day of the week 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday)
z The day of the year (starting from 0) 0 through 365
Week --- ---
W ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year)
Month --- ---
F A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March January through December
m Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros 01 through 12
M A short textual representation of a month, three letters Jan through Dec
n Numeric representation of a month, without leading zeros 1 through 12
t Number of days in the given month 28 through 31
Year --- ---
L Whether it's a leap year 1 if it is a leap year, 0 otherwise.
o ISO-8601 week-numbering year. This has the same value as Y, except that if the ISO week number (W) belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead. (added in PHP 5.1.0) Examples: 1999 or 2003
Y A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits Examples: 1999 or 2003
y A two digit representation of a year Examples: 99 or 03
Time --- ---
a Lowercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem am or pm
A Uppercase Ante meridiem and Post meridiem AM or PM
B Swatch Internet time 000 through 999
g 12-hour format of an hour without leading zeros 1 through 12
G 24-hour format of an hour without leading zeros 0 through 23
h 12-hour format of an hour with leading zeros 01 through 12
H 24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros 00 through 23
i Minutes with leading zeros 00 to 59
s Seconds with leading zeros 00 through 59
u Microseconds (added in PHP 5.2.2). Note that date() will always generate 000000 since it takes an integer parameter, whereas DateTime::format() does support microseconds if DateTime was created with microseconds. Example: 654321
v Milliseconds (added in PHP 7.0.0). Same note applies as for u. Example: 654
Timezone --- ---
e Timezone identifier (added in PHP 5.1.0) Examples: UTC, GMT, Atlantic/Azores
I (capital i) Whether or not the date is in daylight saving time 1 if Daylight Saving Time, 0 otherwise.
O Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) in hours Example: +0200
P Difference to Greenwich time (GMT) with colon between hours and minutes (added in PHP 5.1.3) Example: +02:00
T Timezone abbreviation Examples: EST, MDT ...
Z Timezone offset in seconds. The offset for timezones west of UTC is always negative, and for those east of UTC is always positive. -43200 through 50400
Full Date/Time --- ---
c ISO 8601 date (added in PHP 5) 2004-02-12T15:19:21+00:00
r » RFC 2822 formatted date Example: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200
U Seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT) See also time()

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