JHtml::date

Returns formated date according to a given format and time zone.

Signature

public function date([string
        $input = 'now',
            [string
        $format = null,
            [mixed
        $tz = true,
            [boolean
        $gregorian = false]]]] )

Parameters

$input: String in a format accepted by date(), defaults to "now".
$format: The date format specification string (see {@link PHP_MANUAL#date}).
$tz: Time zone to be used for the date. Special cases: boolean true for user
$gregorian: True to use Gregorian calendar.

Returns

string: A date translated by the given format and time zone.