@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ All output of the formatter is localized when the [PHP intl extension](http://ph
You can configure the [[yii\i18n\Formatter::locale|locale]] property of the formatter for this. If not configured, the
application [[yii\base\Application::language|language]] is used as the locale. See the [section on internationalization](tutorial-i18n.md) for more details.
The Formatter will then choose the correct format for dates and numbers according to the locale including names of month and
weekdays translated to the current language. Date formats are also affected by the [[yii\i18n\Formatter::timeZone|timeZone]]
which will also be taken [[yii\base\Application::timeZone|from the application]] if not configured explicitly.
weekdays translated to the current language. Date formats are also affected by the [[yii\i18n\Formatter::timeZone|timeZone]]
which will also be taken from the application [[yii\base\Application::timeZone|timeZone]] if not configured explicitly.
For example the date format call will output different results for different locales:
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The formatter class provides different methods for formatting date and time values. These are:
- [[yii\i18n\Formatter::asDate()|date]] - the value is formatted as a date e.g. `January, 01 2014`.
- [[yii\i18n\Formatter::asDate()|date]] - the value is formatted as a date e.g. `January 01, 2014`.
- [[yii\i18n\Formatter::asTime()|time]] - the value is formatted as a time e.g. `14:23`.
- [[yii\i18n\Formatter::asDatetime()|datetime]] - the value is formatted as date and time e.g. `January, 01 2014 14:23`.
- [[yii\i18n\Formatter::asDatetime()|datetime]] - the value is formatted as date and time e.g. `January 01, 2014 14:23`.
- [[yii\i18n\Formatter::asTimestamp()|timestamp]] - the value is formatted as a [unix timestamp](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time) e.g. `1412609982`.
- [[yii\i18n\Formatter::asRelativeTime()|relativeTime]] - the value is formatted as the time interval between a date
and now in human readable form e.g. `1 hour ago`.
The date and time format for the [[yii\i18n\Formatter::asDate()|date]], [[yii\i18n\Formatter::asTime()|time]], and
[[yii\i18n\Formatter::asDatetime()|datetime]] method can be specified globally by configuring the formatters
[[yii\i18n\Formatter::asDatetime()|datetime]] methods can be specified globally by configuring the formatters
properties [[yii\i18n\Formatter::$dateFormat|$dateFormat]], [[yii\i18n\Formatter::$timeFormat|$timeFormat]], and