JavaScript gmstrftime

Format a GMT/UCT time/date according to locale settings

function gmstrftime (format, timestamp) {
    // Format a GMT/UCT time/date according to locale settings  
    // 
    // version: 910.813
    // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/gmstrftime    // +   original by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // +   input by: Alex
    // +   bugfixed by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me)
    // -    depends on: strftime
    // *     example 1: gmstrftime("%A", 1062462400);    // *     returns 1: 'Tuesday'
    var dt=(
        (typeof(timestamp) == 'undefined') ? new Date() : // Not provided
        (typeof(timestamp) == 'object') ? new Date(timestamp) : // Javascript Date()
        new Date(timestamp*1000) // UNIX timestamp (auto-convert to int)    );
    timestamp = Date.parse(dt.toUTCString().slice(0, -4))/1000;
    return this.strftime(format, timestamp);
}

external links: original PHP docs | raw js source

Examples

Running

1	gmstrftime("%A", 1062462400);

Should return

'Tuesday'

Dependencies

In order to use this function, you also need:

strftime

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Authors

Thanks to the following developers, you get to have gmstrftime goodness in JavaScript.

Brett Zamir ( original bugfixed )
Alex ( input )

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