#47185 [NEW]: modification to date() function

From: pinh3ad at hotmail dot com Operating system: any PHP version: 5.2CVS-2009-01-21 (snap) PHP Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description: modification to date() function Description: ------------ A nice addition to the date function for month would be a predefined AP-style(Associated press style) month names. (i.e. date("p j, Y"); "p" being the AP month name??). AP-style month abbreviations are used a lot for publication dates and sourcing of content. AP Month abbreviations are different from a 3 letter abbreviation.(Jan., Feb., March, April, May, June, July, Aug., Sept., Oct., Nov., Dec.). Short month names are spelled out, long names are abbreviated. This is a fairly common practice editorially speaking. A really nice to have feature include. Thanks -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=47185&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=fixedcvs Fixed in CVS and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=47185&r=mysqlcfg