note 126970 added to function.strftime

As of PHP 8.1 strftime is deprecated and due for removal in PHP9 due to concerns about locale management, however no alternatives are mentioned as of yet. As long as you are fine with numbers only or not being able to change languages for text parts like weekdays you can migrate to the included date function [1]. Keep in mind their format string is different [2]: <?php echo strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S', time()); ?> becomes <?php echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s', time()); ?> If you require the ability to switch languages IntlDateFormatter [3] from the Intl-extension might help. [1] https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php [2] https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php [3] https://www.php.net/manual/en/intldateformatter.create.php ---- Server IP: 45.112.84.4 Probable Submitter: 80.90.5.135 (proxied: 2003:46:e028:fbea::9) ---- Manual Page -- https://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php Edit -- https://main.php.net/note/edit/126970 Del: integrated -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126970/integrated Del: useless -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126970/useless Del: bad code -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126970/bad+code Del: spam -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126970/spam Del: non-english -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126970/non-english Del: in docs -- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126970/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://main.php.net/note/delete/126970 Reject -- https://main.php.net/note/reject/126970 Search -- https://main.php.net/manage/user-notes.php