Formatting of a.m. and p.m.

date("a"); > output = AM Is there any easy way to change the formatting of the output of above from "am" to "a.m." in order to conform to AP style? Something like this below would work, but I'm wondering if there is something I could do differently in the date() fuction to make it work: $date = date("a"); if ($date == "am") { echo "a.m." } elseif ($date == "pm") { echo "p.m." } -- Kevin Murphy Webmaster: Information and Marketing Services Western Nevada Community College www.wncc.edu 775-445-3326