Format

You can tweak the output for the date part and the time part:

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{# 23:39 #}
{{ '2019-08-07 23:39:12'|format_datetime('none', 'short', locale='fr') }}

{# 07/08/2019 #}
{{ '2019-08-07 23:39:12'|format_datetime('short', 'none', locale='fr') }}

{# mercredi 7 août 2019 23:39:12 UTC #}
{{ '2019-08-07 23:39:12'|format_datetime('full', 'full', locale='fr') }}

Supported values are: none, short, medium, long, and full.

For greater flexibility, you can even define your own pattern (see the ICU user guide for supported patterns).

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{# 11 oclock PM, GMT #}
{{ '2019-08-07 23:39:12'|format_datetime(pattern="hh 'oclock' a, zzzz") }}

Locale

By default, the filter uses the current locale. You can pass it explicitly:

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{# 7 août 2019 23:39:12 #}
{{ '2019-08-07 23:39:12'|format_datetime(locale='fr') }}

Timezone

By default, the date is displayed by applying the default timezone (the one specified in php.ini or declared in Twig -- see below), but you can override it by explicitly specifying a timezone:

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{{ datetime|format_datetime(locale='en', timezone='Pacific/Midway') }}

If the date is already a DateTime object, and if you want to keep its current timezone, pass false as the timezone value:

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{{ datetime|format_datetime(locale='en', timezone=false) }}

The default timezone can also be set globally by calling setTimezone():

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$twig = new \Twig\Environment($loader);
$twig->getExtension(\Twig\Extension\CoreExtension::class)->setTimezone('Europe/Paris');

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$ composer require twig/intl-extra

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$ composer require twig/extra-bundle

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use Twig\Extra\Intl\IntlExtension;

$twig = new \Twig\Environment(...);
$twig->addExtension(new IntlExtension());

Arguments

• locale: The locale
• dateFormat: The date format
• timeFormat: The time format
• pattern: A date time pattern
• timezone: The date timezone name
• calendar: The calendar (Gregorian by default)