How can I use words in PHP date format? [duplicate]

Question

I want to use PHP date to write something like:

Generated Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 1:00pm

using:

echo "Generated ".date('D, M j, Y at g:ia');

However, I cannot use the "at" because that is swapped with 00am

Is there a way to include the word at in the date formation without using two date()?

Answer 1

You can escape characters in the output like this:

echo "Generated ".date('D, M j, Y \a\t g:ia');

The following is taken from the PHP Date function (http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php):

<?php
// prints something like: Wednesday the 15th
echo date('l \t\h\e jS');
?>