bp_core_get_iso8601_date( $timestamp = '' )

Return an ISO-8601 date from a date string.

Description

Parameters

(Required) String of date to convert. Timezone should be UTC before using this.

Return

(string)

Source

function bp_core_get_iso8601_date( $timestamp = '' ) {
    if ( ! $timestamp ) {
        return '';
    }
 
    try {
        $date = new DateTime( $timestamp, new DateTimeZone( 'UTC' ) );
 
    // Not a valid date, so return blank string.
    } catch( Exception $e ) {
        return '';
    }
 
    return $date->format( DateTime::ISO8601 );
}

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Changelog

Changelog
Version	Description
BuddyPress 2.7.0	Introduced.

Used By
Used By	Description
bp-core/bp-core-functions.php: bp_core_iso8601_date()	Output an ISO-8601 date from a date string.
bp-activity/bp-activity-template.php: bp_insert_activity_meta()	Attach metadata about an activity item to the activity content.

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