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    $field->toDate()

    Converts the field value to a timestamp or a formatted date

    $field->toDate(string $format = null, string $fallback = null): string|int

    Parameters

    Name Type Default Description
    $format string null PHP date formatting string
    $fallback string null Fallback string for strtotime (since 3.2)

    Return type

    string|int

    Examples

    To a Unix timestamp

    <?= $page->createdAt()->toDate() ?>

    To a formatted date string

    <?= $page->createdAt()->toDate('d.m.Y') ?>

    With fallback parameter

    Since 3.2.0 
    <?= $page->createdAt()->toDate('d.m.Y', 'now') ?>

    Check out PHP's date function docs for all available formatting options: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php.

    If you use the strftime date handler, the format syntax is different: https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php.