userDate

syntax

string userDate(){
       int $timestamp,
       optional string $dateFormat='YYYY-MM-DD',
       optional bool $useGmt=false
       }

Description

The function userDate() accepts a user provided Unix Timestamp value, and uses the date/time functionality of the database server to return a date string . For more information about formatting options, see the PHP date format. The optional 3rd argument forces the date to be adjusted to GMT.

Usage

/*
 * Connection to SQL Server database assumed
 */
$d = $db->userDate(time(), 'm/d/Y' );
print $d;
/*
 * Returns the following string: '08/12/2015
 */