PHP-INTL date format

[bttrx]

Since I setup my HTMLy instance I used to have a custom date format, because I like to also display the time of a post.

Until HTMLy version 2.8.2 I could use a date format of "%A, %e. %B %Y, %H:%M Uhr". Since version 2.8.3 I had to switch to "EEEE, d. F Y, H:i 'Uhr'", because of the use of PHP-INTL.

My issue now is, days 1-9 are shown with a leading zero, because of the mangling in format_date(), i.e., "d" becomes "dd" automatically.

What I would like to see, is either a new custom date format config item, to which no format mangling is applied then. Or the removal of the format mangling at all.

function format_date($date, $dateFormat = null)
{
    if (empty($dateFormat)) {
        $dateFormat = config('date.format');
    }
    if (extension_loaded('intl')) {
        $format_map = array('s' => 'ss', 'i' => 'mm', 'H' => 'HH','d' => 'dd', 'm' => 'MM', 'M' => 'MMM', 'F' => 'MMMM', 'Y' => 'yyyy');
        $intlFormat = strtr($dateFormat, $format_map);
        $formatter = new IntlDateFormatter(config('language'), IntlDateFormatter::NONE, IntlDateFormatter::NONE, config('timezone'), IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN, $intlFormat);
        return $formatter->format($date); 
    } else {
        return date($dateFormat, $date);
    }
} 

References:

• PHP: strftime - Manual
• Formatting Dates and Times | ICU Documentation
• Switch between date and IntlDateFormatter · danpros/htmly@89b637e

[danpros]

The d in PHP date() displaying date from 01-31, equivalent to dd in ICU and j to d (w/o leading zero). We need to complete the format_map to get full conversion.

In the mean while you can add those manually, add 'j' => 'd' and in config.ini EEEE, j. F Y, H:i

[bttrx]

I see. You mean:

• PHP: date - Manual
• PHP: DateTimeInterface::format - Manual

Adding 'j' => 'd' and adjusting config.ini worked. Thanks a lot!

[danpros]

Already include it in latest release. I will close this one.