IntlDatePatternGenerator::getBestPattern

    (PHP 8 >= 8.1.0)

    IntlDatePatternGenerator::getBestPattern — Determines the most suitable date/time format

    Description

    public IntlDatePatternGenerator::getBestPattern(string $skeleton): string|false

    Determines which date/time format is most suitable for a particular locale.

    Parameters

    skeleton

    The skeleton.

    Return Values

    Returns a format, accepted by DateTimeInterface::format() on success, or false on failure.

    Examples

    Example #1 IntlDatePatternGenerator::getBestPattern() example

    <?php

    $skeleton     = 'YYYYMMdd';
    $today = \DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2021-04-24');

    $patternGenerator = new \IntlDatePatternGenerator('de_DE');
    $pattern = $patternGenerator->getBestPattern($skeleton);
    echo     'de: ', \IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($today, $pattern, 'de_DE'), "\n";

    $patternGenerator = new \IntlDatePatternGenerator('en_US');
    $pattern = $patternGenerator->getBestPattern($skeleton);
    echo     'en: ', \IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($today, $pattern, 'en_US');
    ?>

    The above example will output:

    de: 24.04.2021
en: 04/24/2021

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    ICU User
    2 years ago
    Use pattern letter "j" in skeleton to get a localized time string: https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/format_parse/datetime/index#datetimepatterngenerator

    "j" gets mapped to one of "H", "h", "k" or "K".
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