date_format

index.php:

$smarty = new Smarty;
$smarty->assign('yesterday', strtotime('-1 day'));
$smarty->display('index.tpl');

index.tpl:


{$smarty.now|date_format}
{$smarty.now|date_format:"%A, %B %e, %Y"}
{$smarty.now|date_format:"%H:%M:%S"}
{$yesterday|date_format}
{$yesterday|date_format:"%A, %B %e, %Y"}
{$yesterday|date_format:"%H:%M:%S"}

OUTPUT:

Feb 6, 2001
Tuesday, February 6, 2001
14:33:00
Feb 5, 2001
Monday, February 5, 2001
14:33:00

%a - abbreviated weekday name according to the current locale 

%A - full weekday name according to the current locale 

%b - abbreviated month name according to the current locale 

%B - full month name according to the current locale 

%c - preferred date and time representation for the current locale 

%C - century number (the year divided by 100 and truncated to an integer, range 00 to 99) 

%d - day of the month as a decimal number (range 00 to 31) 

%D - same as %m/%d/%y 

%e - day of the month as a decimal number, a single digit is preceded by a
space (range 1 to 31) 

%g - Week-based year within century [00,99]

%G - Week-based year, including the century [0000,9999]

%h - same as %b 

%H - hour as a decimal number using a 24-hour clock (range 00 to 23) 

%I - hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock (range 01 to 12) 

%j - day of the year as a decimal number (range 001 to 366) 

%k - Hour (24-hour clock) single digits are preceded by a blank. (range 0 to 23)

%l - hour as a decimal number using a 12-hour clock, single digits preceeded by
a space (range 1 to 12)

%m - month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12) 

%M - minute as a decimal number 

%n - newline character 

%p - either `am' or `pm' according to the given time value, or the corresponding strings for the current locale 

%r - time in a.m. and p.m. notation 

%R - time in 24 hour notation 

%S - second as a decimal number 

%t - tab character 

%T - current time, equal to %H:%M:%S 

%u - weekday as a decimal number [1,7], with 1 representing Monday 

%U - week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Sunday as the first day of the first week 

%V - The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, where week 1
is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the first day of the week. 

%w - day of the week as a decimal, Sunday being 0 

%W - week number of the current year as a decimal number, starting with the first Monday as the first day of the first week 

%x - preferred date representation for the current locale without the time 

%X - preferred time representation for the current locale without the date 

%y - year as a decimal number without a century (range 00 to 99) 

%Y - year as a decimal number including the century 

%Z - time zone or name or abbreviation 

%% - a literal `%' character 


PROGRAMMERS NOTE: date_format is essentially a wrapper to PHP's strftime()
function. You may have more or less conversion specifiers available depending
on your system's strftime() function where PHP was compiled. Check your
system's manpage for a full list of valid specifiers.