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Asked: 2026-06-03T06:58:33+00:00

Here is date format function in PHP. function formatMyDateNicely($strTimeString) { return date(‘F j, y

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Here is date format function in PHP.

function formatMyDateNicely($strTimeString) {
    return date('F j, y \a\t g:iA', strtotime($strTimeString));   
}

It outputs a date akin to “April 23, 12 at 12:01PM”.

However, this function, which uses double quotes, does not work.

function formatMyDateNicely($strTimeString) {
    return date("F j, y \a\t g:iA", strtotime($strTimeString));   
}

This function outputs a date akin to “April 23, 12 a 12:01PM”.

Why does changing the type of quotes matter?

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  1. Editorial Team

    \t is a tab character. Single quotes inhibit interpretation of escape sequences.

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