function DateFormatter::getSampleDateFormats
Provides values for all date formatting characters for a given timestamp.
Parameters
string|null $langcode: (optional) Language code of the date format, if different from the site default language.
int|null $timestamp: (optional) The Unix timestamp to format, defaults to current time.
string|null $timezone: (optional) The timezone to use, if different from the site's default timezone.
Return value
array An array of formatted date values, indexed by the date format character.
Overrides DateFormatterInterface::getSampleDateFormats
File
- 
              core/
lib/ Drupal/ Core/ Datetime/ DateFormatter.php, line 173  
Class
- DateFormatter
 - Provides a service to handle various date related functionality.
 
Namespace
Drupal\Core\DatetimeCode
public function getSampleDateFormats($langcode = NULL, $timestamp = NULL, $timezone = NULL) {
  $timestamp = $timestamp ?: time();
  // All date format characters for the PHP date() function.
  // cspell:disable-next-line
  $date_chars = str_split('dDjlNSwzWFmMntLoYyaABgGhHisueIOPTZcrU');
  $date_elements = array_combine($date_chars, $date_chars);
  return array_map(function ($character) use ($timestamp, $timezone, $langcode) {
    return $this->format($timestamp, 'custom', $character, $timezone, $langcode);
  }, $date_elements);
}
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