Get the datetype used for the IntlDateFormatter

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# IntlDateFormatter::getDateType

# datefmt_get_datetype

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::getDateType -- datefmt_get_datetype — Get the datetype used for the IntlDateFormatter

### Description

Object-oriented style

public IntlDateFormatter::getDateType(): int|false

Procedural style

datefmt_get_datetype(IntlDateFormatter `$formatter`): int|false

Returns date type used by the formatter.

### Parameters

`formatter`

  The formatter resource.

### Return Values

The current date type value of the formatter, or `false` on failure.

### 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() - Get the timetype used for the IntlDateFormatter
- datefmt_create() - Create a date formatter