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# DateFormatter::getPattern

# datefmt_get_pattern

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datefmt_get_pattern — Get the pattern used for the DateFormatter

### Description

Object oriented style

DateFormatter
string getPattern ( void )

Procedural style

string datefmt_get_pattern ( DateFormatter `$fmt` )

Get pattern used by the formatter.

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The formatter resource.

### Return Values

The pattern string being used to format/parse.

### Examples

Example#1 datefmt_get_pattern() example

`<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "pattern of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_pattern($fmt);
echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
datefmt_set_pattern($fmt,'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z');
echo "Now pattern of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_pattern($fmt);
echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
?>`

Example#2 OO example

`<?php
$fmt = new DateFormatter( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGORIAN,"MM/dd/yyyy" );
echo "pattern of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getPattern();
echo "First Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt->setPattern('yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z');
echo "Now pattern of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getPattern();
echo "Second Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
?>`

The above example will output:

    pattern of the formatter is : MM/dd/yyyy
    First Formatted output is 12/31/1969
    Now pattern of the formatter is : yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z
    Second Formatted output is 19690031 04:00:00 PST

### See Also

- datefmt_set_pattern()
- datefmt_create()

DateFormatter::getLocale
DateFormatter::getTimeType
DateFormatter
PHP Manual