DateTime
DateTime objects provide information about a given date/time.
For a full list of all of the available date and time formatting symbols, see the PHP date (opens new window) reference.
# Methods
DateTime objects have the following methods:
# atom()
Returns the date/time formatted for an Atom feed (Y-m-d\TH:i:sP). (See the atom-feed example template.)
<published>{{ entry.postDate.atom }}</published>
# cookie()
Returns the date/time formatted for a HTTP cookie (l, d-M-y H:i:s T).
# day()
Returns the 1- or 2-digit day of the month.
# getTimestamp()
Returns the date formatted as a Unix timestamp.
# localeDate()
Returns the date formatted in the current locale’s preferred date format (n/j/y for en_us, d/m/y for en_gb, etc.).
# localeTime()
Returns the time formatted in the current locale’s preferred time format (g:i A for en_us, H:i for en_gb, etc.).
# month()
Returns the 1- or 2-digit month.
# iso8601()
Returns the date/time formatted in the ISO-8601 spec (Y-m-d\TH:i:sO).
# rfc822()
Returns the date/time formatted in the RFC 822 spec (D, d M y H:i:s O).
# rfc850()
Returns the date/time formatted in the RFC 850 spec (l, d-M-y H:i:s T).
# rfc1036()
Returns the date/time formatted in the RFC 1036 spec (D, d M y H:i:s O).
# rfc1123()
Returns the date/time formatted in the RFC 1123 spec (D, d M Y H:i:s O).
# rfc2822()
Returns the date/time formatted in the RFC 2822 spec (D, d M Y H:i:s O).
# rfc3339()
Returns the date/time formatted in the RFC 3339 spec (Y-m-d\TH:i:sP).
# rss()
Returns the date/time formatted for an RSS feed (D, d M Y H:i:s O). (See the rss-feed example template.)
<pubDate>{{ entry.postDate.rss }}</pubDate>
# w3c()
Returns the date/time formatted in the W3C’s spec (Y-m-d\TH:i:sP).
# w3cDate()
Returns the date formatted in the W3C’s spec (Y-m-d).
# year()
Returns the 4-digit year.
<p>Copyright {{ now.year }} Pixel & Tonic, Inc.</p>
# See Also
You can output your date in any format you’d like using Twig’s date (opens new window) filter:
<p>Today’s date is {{ now|date("M d, Y") }}.</p>
You can get a date that is relative to an existing DateTime object using Twig’s date_modify (opens new window) filter:
{% set tomorrow = now|date_modify("+1 day") %}
<p>Tomorrow’s date is {{ tomorrow|date("M d, Y") }}.</p>