Format a GMT/UTC time/date according to locale settings

# gmstrftime

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

gmstrftime — Format a GMT/UTC time/date according to locale settings

Warning

This function has been DEPRECATED as of PHP 8.1.0. Relying on this function is highly discouraged.

Alternatives to this function include:

- gmdate()
- IntlDateFormatter::format()

### Description

#[\Deprecated]
gmstrftime(string `$format`, ?int `$timestamp` = `null`): string|false

Behaves the same as strftime() except that the time returned is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For example, when run in Eastern Standard Time (GMT -0500), the first line below prints "Dec 31 1998 20:00:00", while the second prints "Jan 01 1999 01:00:00".

Warning

This function depends on operating system locale information, which might be inconsistent with each other, or not available at all. Instead use the IntlDateFormatter::format() method.

### Parameters

`format`

  See description in strftime().

`timestamp`

  The optional `timestamp` parameter is an int Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if `timestamp` is omitted or `null`. In other words, it defaults to the value of time().

### Return Values

Returns a string formatted according to the given format string using the given `timestamp` or the current local time if no timestamp is given. Month and weekday names and other language dependent strings respect the current locale set with setlocale(). On failure, `false` is returned.

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
8.0.0 | `timestamp` is nullable now.

### Examples

Example #1 gmstrftime() example

`<?php
setlocale(LC_TIME, 'en_US');
echo strftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S", mktime(20, 0, 0, 12, 31, 98)) . "\n";
echo gmstrftime("%b %d %Y %H:%M:%S", mktime(20, 0, 0, 12, 31, 98)) . "\n";`

### See Also

- IntlDateFormatter::format() - Format the date/time value as a string
- DateTimeInterface::format() - Returns date formatted according to given format
- strftime() - Format a local time/date according to locale settings

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