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Description

Returns formated date according to current local and adds time offset

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Syntax

date($date, $format=null, $offset=NULL)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$date		date in an US English date format
$format	null	format optional format for strftime
$offset	NULL

Returns

string formated date

Defined in

libraries/joomla/html/html.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.html.html' );

Source Body

function date($date, $format = null, $offset = NULL)
{
        if ( ! $format ) {
                $format = JText::_('DATE_FORMAT_LC1');
        }



        if(is_null($offset))
        {
                $config =& JFactory::getConfig();
                $offset = $config->getValue('config.offset');
        }
        $instance =& JFactory::getDate($date);
        $instance->setOffset($offset);

        return $instance->toFormat($format);
}

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