How to format a date in a given format

Question

Hi all I need to format date exactly like this Dienstag 28. September 2010, 15:00 Uhr (German words), what is the best way? Thanks.

I guess I have to use date function but how to compose format

Answer 1

date() won´t be able to get you a German text, you will have to use strftime()

Example:

setlocale(LC_TIME, "de_DE");
strftime("%A %e. %B %Y, %H:%M Uhr", $your_date);

Answer 2

setlocale and strftime

setlocale(LC_TIME, 'de_DE@euro', 'de_DE', 'de', 'ge');
echo strftime("%A %d %B %Y, %H:%M");

Answer 3

You can set your language in PHP with setlocale() and then use strftime() with the corresponding format. That will allow you to get german output.