PHP - format date ISO8601?











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I have a year (2002) and I'm trying to get it into the following format:



2002-00-00T00:00:00



I tried various iterations, the last of which was this:



$testdate = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, date("c"))
echo date_format($testdate, '2002');


But, even if I come close, it always seems to add +00:00 to the end of it...










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    I have a year (2002) and I'm trying to get it into the following format:



    2002-00-00T00:00:00



    I tried various iterations, the last of which was this:



    $testdate = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, date("c"))
    echo date_format($testdate, '2002');


    But, even if I come close, it always seems to add +00:00 to the end of it...










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      I have a year (2002) and I'm trying to get it into the following format:



      2002-00-00T00:00:00



      I tried various iterations, the last of which was this:



      $testdate = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, date("c"))
      echo date_format($testdate, '2002');


      But, even if I come close, it always seems to add +00:00 to the end of it...










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      I have a year (2002) and I'm trying to get it into the following format:



      2002-00-00T00:00:00



      I tried various iterations, the last of which was this:



      $testdate = DateTime::createFromFormat(DateTime::ISO8601, date("c"))
      echo date_format($testdate, '2002');


      But, even if I come close, it always seems to add +00:00 to the end of it...







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          The 'c' format in PHP always appends the timezone offset. You can't avoid that. But you can build the date yourself from components:



          date('Y-m-dTH:i:s', $testdate);





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          • I always seem to make things more complicated than necessary... Thanks!
            – KumbaThought
            Sep 9 '11 at 22:16






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            omg! I was looking for this for a long time. I figured out the 'c' part, but didn't know that I had to escape the T. I kept getting timezone for T. Whew! Thanks.
            – Mike S.
            Jul 19 '12 at 18:18






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            gmdate('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', $date)
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          date('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', time() - date('Z'));





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            Feb 27 at 6:39










          • Thank you for this code snippet, which might provide some limited short-term help. A proper explanation would greatly improve its long-term value by showing why this is a good solution to the problem, and would make it more useful to future readers with other, similar questions. Please edit your answer to add some explanation, including the assumptions you've made.
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          Best way is to use constants (PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)



          date(DATE_ISO8601, $timeToChange);


          Docs:
          http://php.net/manual/en/class.datetimeinterface.php#datetime.constants.types






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            up vote
            13
            down vote



            accepted










            The 'c' format in PHP always appends the timezone offset. You can't avoid that. But you can build the date yourself from components:



            date('Y-m-dTH:i:s', $testdate);





            share|improve this answer





















            • I always seem to make things more complicated than necessary... Thanks!
              – KumbaThought
              Sep 9 '11 at 22:16






            • 1




              omg! I was looking for this for a long time. I figured out the 'c' part, but didn't know that I had to escape the T. I kept getting timezone for T. Whew! Thanks.
              – Mike S.
              Jul 19 '12 at 18:18






            • 4




              gmdate('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', $date)
              – 4esn0k
              Oct 3 '12 at 14:43















            up vote
            13
            down vote



            accepted










            The 'c' format in PHP always appends the timezone offset. You can't avoid that. But you can build the date yourself from components:



            date('Y-m-dTH:i:s', $testdate);





            share|improve this answer





















            • I always seem to make things more complicated than necessary... Thanks!
              – KumbaThought
              Sep 9 '11 at 22:16






            • 1




              omg! I was looking for this for a long time. I figured out the 'c' part, but didn't know that I had to escape the T. I kept getting timezone for T. Whew! Thanks.
              – Mike S.
              Jul 19 '12 at 18:18






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              gmdate('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', $date)
              – 4esn0k
              Oct 3 '12 at 14:43













            up vote
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            up vote
            13
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            The 'c' format in PHP always appends the timezone offset. You can't avoid that. But you can build the date yourself from components:



            date('Y-m-dTH:i:s', $testdate);





            share|improve this answer












            The 'c' format in PHP always appends the timezone offset. You can't avoid that. But you can build the date yourself from components:



            date('Y-m-dTH:i:s', $testdate);






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            • I always seem to make things more complicated than necessary... Thanks!
              – KumbaThought
              Sep 9 '11 at 22:16






            • 1




              omg! I was looking for this for a long time. I figured out the 'c' part, but didn't know that I had to escape the T. I kept getting timezone for T. Whew! Thanks.
              – Mike S.
              Jul 19 '12 at 18:18






            • 4




              gmdate('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', $date)
              – 4esn0k
              Oct 3 '12 at 14:43


















            • I always seem to make things more complicated than necessary... Thanks!
              – KumbaThought
              Sep 9 '11 at 22:16






            • 1




              omg! I was looking for this for a long time. I figured out the 'c' part, but didn't know that I had to escape the T. I kept getting timezone for T. Whew! Thanks.
              – Mike S.
              Jul 19 '12 at 18:18






            • 4




              gmdate('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', $date)
              – 4esn0k
              Oct 3 '12 at 14:43
















            I always seem to make things more complicated than necessary... Thanks!
            – KumbaThought
            Sep 9 '11 at 22:16




            I always seem to make things more complicated than necessary... Thanks!
            – KumbaThought
            Sep 9 '11 at 22:16




            1




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            omg! I was looking for this for a long time. I figured out the 'c' part, but didn't know that I had to escape the T. I kept getting timezone for T. Whew! Thanks.
            – Mike S.
            Jul 19 '12 at 18:18




            omg! I was looking for this for a long time. I figured out the 'c' part, but didn't know that I had to escape the T. I kept getting timezone for T. Whew! Thanks.
            – Mike S.
            Jul 19 '12 at 18:18




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            gmdate('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', $date)
            – 4esn0k
            Oct 3 '12 at 14:43




            gmdate('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', $date)
            – 4esn0k
            Oct 3 '12 at 14:43












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            date('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', time() - date('Z'));





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              elaborate more for better explanation
              – Rumit Patel
              Feb 27 at 6:39










            • Thank you for this code snippet, which might provide some limited short-term help. A proper explanation would greatly improve its long-term value by showing why this is a good solution to the problem, and would make it more useful to future readers with other, similar questions. Please edit your answer to add some explanation, including the assumptions you've made.
              – Toby Speight
              Feb 27 at 12:47















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            date('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', time() - date('Z'));





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              elaborate more for better explanation
              – Rumit Patel
              Feb 27 at 6:39










            • Thank you for this code snippet, which might provide some limited short-term help. A proper explanation would greatly improve its long-term value by showing why this is a good solution to the problem, and would make it more useful to future readers with other, similar questions. Please edit your answer to add some explanation, including the assumptions you've made.
              – Toby Speight
              Feb 27 at 12:47













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            date('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', time() - date('Z'));





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            date('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ', time() - date('Z'));






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              elaborate more for better explanation
              – Rumit Patel
              Feb 27 at 6:39










            • Thank you for this code snippet, which might provide some limited short-term help. A proper explanation would greatly improve its long-term value by showing why this is a good solution to the problem, and would make it more useful to future readers with other, similar questions. Please edit your answer to add some explanation, including the assumptions you've made.
              – Toby Speight
              Feb 27 at 12:47














            • 5




              elaborate more for better explanation
              – Rumit Patel
              Feb 27 at 6:39










            • Thank you for this code snippet, which might provide some limited short-term help. A proper explanation would greatly improve its long-term value by showing why this is a good solution to the problem, and would make it more useful to future readers with other, similar questions. Please edit your answer to add some explanation, including the assumptions you've made.
              – Toby Speight
              Feb 27 at 12:47








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            elaborate more for better explanation
            – Rumit Patel
            Feb 27 at 6:39




            elaborate more for better explanation
            – Rumit Patel
            Feb 27 at 6:39












            Thank you for this code snippet, which might provide some limited short-term help. A proper explanation would greatly improve its long-term value by showing why this is a good solution to the problem, and would make it more useful to future readers with other, similar questions. Please edit your answer to add some explanation, including the assumptions you've made.
            – Toby Speight
            Feb 27 at 12:47




            Thank you for this code snippet, which might provide some limited short-term help. A proper explanation would greatly improve its long-term value by showing why this is a good solution to the problem, and would make it more useful to future readers with other, similar questions. Please edit your answer to add some explanation, including the assumptions you've made.
            – Toby Speight
            Feb 27 at 12:47










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            Best way is to use constants (PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)



            date(DATE_ISO8601, $timeToChange);


            Docs:
            http://php.net/manual/en/class.datetimeinterface.php#datetime.constants.types






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              Best way is to use constants (PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)



              date(DATE_ISO8601, $timeToChange);


              Docs:
              http://php.net/manual/en/class.datetimeinterface.php#datetime.constants.types






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                up vote
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                Best way is to use constants (PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)



                date(DATE_ISO8601, $timeToChange);


                Docs:
                http://php.net/manual/en/class.datetimeinterface.php#datetime.constants.types






                share|improve this answer












                Best way is to use constants (PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7)



                date(DATE_ISO8601, $timeToChange);


                Docs:
                http://php.net/manual/en/class.datetimeinterface.php#datetime.constants.types







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