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# IntlDateFormatter::getDateType

# datefmt_get_datetype

Get the datetype used for the IntlDateFormatter

### Description

Object oriented style

public int IntlDateFormatter::getDateType ( void )

Procedural style

int datefmt_get_datetype ( IntlDateFormatter `$fmt` )

Returns date type used by the formatter.

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The formatter resource.

### Return Values

The current date type value of the formatter.

### Examples

Example #1 datefmt_get_datetype example

`<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create(
'en_US',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'datetype of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_datetype($fmt);
echo 'First Formatted output with datetype is ' . datefmt_format($fmt, 0);
$fmt = datefmt_create(
'en_US',
IntlDateFormatter::SHORT,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'Now datetype of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_datetype($fmt);
echo 'Second Formatted output with datetype is ' . datefmt_format($fmt, 0);
?>`

Example #2 OO example

`<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
'en_US',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'datetype of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getDateType();
echo 'First Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(0);
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
'en_US',
IntlDateFormatter::SHORT,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'Now datetype of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getDateType();
echo 'Second Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(0);
?>`

The above example will output:

    datetype of the formatter is : 0
    First Formatted output is Wednesday, December 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM PT
    Now datetype of the formatter is : 2
    Second Formatted output is 12/31/69 4:00:00 PM PT

### See Also

- datefmt_get_timetype
- datefmt_create