strftime() And gmstrftime() Are Deprecated

strftime() and gmstrftime() format time and date according to locale settings. These functions are deprecated in PHP 8.1, and should be replaced with date() and gmdate(), respectively, or with gmdate() or with IntlDateFormatter::format(): both of them, with the right format.

PHP code

<?php

echo strftime(1);
echo gmstrftime(2);

?>

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PHP Deprecated:  Function strftime() is deprecated since 8.1, use IntlDateFormatter::format() instead

Deprecated: Function strftime() is deprecated since 8.1, use IntlDateFormatter::format() instead
1PHP Deprecated:  Function gmstrftime() is deprecated since 8.1, use IntlDateFormatter::format() instead

Deprecated: Function gmstrftime() is deprecated since 8.1, use IntlDateFormatter::format() instead
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PHP version change

This behavior changed in 8.4

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