php-date-formatter
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A Javascript datetime library that allows you to manipulate date/times using PHP date-time formats in javascript. This library was built with an intention 
to read and write date/timestamps to the database easily when working with PHP server code. Use cases for this library would involve reading and saving a 
timestamp to database in one format, but displaying it on client or html forms in another format. Maintaining a consistent PHP Date time format for both 
server side and client side validation should help in building extensible applications with various PHP frameworks easily.

The latest release of the library is v1.3.3. Check the [CHANGE LOG](https://github.com/kartik-v/php-date-formatter/blob/master/CHANGE.md) for details.

## Features

- Parse date/time strings or a Date object, and convert it into Javascript Date Object by passing any of the [PHP DateTime formats](http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php).
- Automatically guess date/time strings, even if it does not exactly match the format, and convert it into Javascript Date Object.
- Read date/time strings or a Date object, and format it as per a [PHP DateTime format](http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php).
- With release v1.3.2 the library has been converted to use pure javacript code without dependency on jQuery or other third party JS library.

## Documentation and Demo

View the [library documentation](http://plugins.krajee.com/php-date-formatter) and
[library demos](http://plugins.krajee.com/php-date-formatter/demo) at Krajee JQuery plugins.

## Installation

### Using Bower
You can use the `bower` package manager to install. Run:

    bower install php-date-formatter

### Using Composer
You can use the `composer` package manager to install. Either run:

    $ php composer.phar require kartik-v/php-date-formatter "@dev"

or add:

    "kartik-v/php-date-formatter": "@dev"

to your composer.json file

### Manual Install

You can also manually install the plugin easily to your project. Just download the source
[ZIP](https://github.com/kartik-v/php-date-formatter/zipball/master) or
[TAR ball](https://github.com/kartik-v/php-date-formatter/tarball/master) and extract the
plugin assets (css and js folders) into your project.

## Usage

**Step 1** Load the following assets in your header.

```html
<script src="path/to/js/php-date-formatter.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
```

**Step 2** You can now access the library using the `DateFormatter` object. For example, you can convert any date string to javascript date object for a specific PHP date format.

```js
var fmt = new DateFormatter();
var date1 = fmt.parseDate('23-Sep-2013 09:24:12', 'd-M-Y H:i:s');
var date2 = fmt.formatDate(date1, 'd-F-Y h:i:s A');
```

## License

**php-date-formatter** is released under the BSD 3-Clause License. See the bundled `LICENSE.md` for details.