Req #47185 [Com]: modification to date() function

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47185&edit=1 ID: 47185 Comment by: coden at bravozulu dot bz Reported by: pinh3ad at hotmail dot com Summary: modification to date() function Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Date/time related Operating System: * PHP Version: 5.2CVS-2009-01-21 (snap) Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I ran into this issue, and the solution I came up with was to write my own <a href="http://bravozulu.bz/2014/03/formatting-months-with-ap-stlye">AP Style month format function</a>. It's actually a pretty simple use of strt_replace() to find month names in PHP date strings and convert them to AP Style. This shouldn't be done on any date that needs further processing, since PHP's other date formatting functions may not be able to consistently read all of the AP style dates. You can check out the function here: http://bravozulu.bz/2014/03/formatting-months-with-ap-stlye/ Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-01-21 17:38:46] pinh3ad at hotmail dot com 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 this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=47185&edit=1