# ibase_timefmt

(PHP 4)

ibase_timefmt — Sets the format of timestamp, date and time type columns returned from queries

### Description

bool ibase_timefmt ( string `$format` [, int `$columntype` ] )

Sets the format of timestamp, date or time type columns returned from queries.

You can set defaults for these formats with the PHP configuration directives ibase.timestampformat, ibase.dateformat and ibase.timeformat.

> Note: This function has been removed from PHP 5, use ini_set() instead.

### Parameters

`format`

  Internally, the columns are formatted by c-function strftime(), so refer to its documentation regarding to the format of the string.

`columntype`

  `columntype` is one of the constants `IBASE_TIMESTAMP`, `IBASE_DATE` and `IBASE_TIME`. If omitted, defaults to `IBASE_TIMESTAMP` for backwards compatibility.

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 ibase_timefmt() example

`<?php
/* InterBase 6 TIME-type columns will be returned in
* the form '05 hours 37 minutes'. */
ibase_timefmt("%H hours %M minutes", IBASE_TIME);
?>`