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 <p>If a timestamp is not included in the second parameter the current time will be used.</p>
 
 
+<h2>standard_date()</h2>
+
+<p>Lets you generate a date string in one of several standardized formats. Example:</p>
+
+<code>
+$format = 'DATE_RFC822';<br />
+$time = time();<br />
+<br />
+echo standard_date($format, $time);
+</code>
+
+<p>The first parameter must contain the format, the second parameter must contain the date as a Unix timestamp.</p>
+
+<p>Supported formats:</p>
+
+<ul>
+<li>DATE_ATOM</li>
+<li>DATE_COOKIE</li>
+<li>DATE_ISO8601</li>
+<li>DATE_RFC822</li>
+<li>DATE_RFC850</li>
+<li>DATE_RFC1036</li>
+<li>DATE_RFC1123</li>
+<li>DATE_RFC2822</li>
+<li>DATE_RSS</li>
+<li>DATE_W3C</li>
+</ul>
+
+
+
+
 <h2>local_to_gmt()</h2>
 
 <p>Takes a Unix timestamp as input and returns it as GMT.  Example:</p>