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--- datetime:adodb_date [2015/11/26 15:18] – mnewnham
+++ v5:datetime:adodb_date [2023/05/18 18:55] (current) – Deprecated dregad
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 [[http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php|PHP Function date()]]
 == Syntax ==
-  int adodb_date(
+  string adodb_date(
       string $format,
       optional mixed $timestamp = false
   )
 </WRAP>
+<WRAP important>
+[[datetime_index#deprecated|Deprecated]] since ADOdb 5.22.6, and [[https://github.com/ADOdb/ADOdb/issues/970|removed in 5.23.0]].
+Use 64-bit native PHP functions instead.
+</WRAP>
 ===== Description =====
-This function converts a timestamp to a formatted local date. If ''$timestamp'' is not defined, the current timestamp is used. Unlike the function date(), it supports dates outside the 1901 to 2038 range.
+This function converts a timestamp to a formatted local date. If ''$timestamp'' is not defined, the current timestamp is used. Unlike the function date(), it supports dates outside the 1901 to 2038 range. To produce a date prior to the epoch date, a negative number of seconds prior to that number can be provided
+-------------------------------------
+===== Usage ======
+<code php>
+print adodb_date('d/m/Y');
+/*
+* Prints 03/12/2015
+*/
+print adodb_date('d/m/Y',0);
+/*
+* Prints 12/31/1969
+*/
--------------------------------
+print adodb_date('d/m/Y', -27454896000);
+/*
+* Prints 12/21/1099
+*/
+</code>
+===== Available Formats =====
 The format fields that adodb_date supports: