strftime

Format a UNIX time value, measured as the number of seconds since the Epoch (1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC). into a human-readable date and time string, according to the specified format.

The parameter is expected to be a date/time specification, using the

POSIX strftime tokens listed here. The default is "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y".

Also see the convert_date filter.

Example

[filter strftime.%d.%B.%Y.%H:%M:%S.%Z]1171598662[/filter]

Results in:

16 February 2007 04:04:22 GMT

Source code

sub {
my $time = shift(@_);

shift(@_);
my $fmt = shift(@_);
while(my $add = shift(@_)) {
$fmt .= " $add";
}

if($fmt) {
return POSIX::strftime($fmt, localtime($time));
}
else {
return scalar localtime($time);
}
}