Date format string strips escape characters?

[cxj]

I'm trying to format my date-time string using the localization date string, as described here in the wiki. But the TSS processing seems to strip the backslashes out before the PHP date() or equivalent command is called to format the string. Here's my TSS:

.created {
    content: data(output.user_data.create_time);
    format: date "jS M Y \a\t h:s a";
}

Expected output:
30th May 2017 at 10:52 am
Actual output:
30th May 2017 am31 10:52 am

[cxj]

Simple test program:

$xml = '<div class="created">--</div>';

$tss = '.created {
        content: data(create_time);
        format: date "jS M Y \a\t h:s a";
    }';

$data['create_time'] = '2017-06-08 22:30:51.509626';
$tpl = new Transphporm\Builder($xml, $tss);
echo $tpl->output($data)->body;

[garrettw]

Have you tried doubling the backslashes? I don't know for sure if it would work, but it's worth a try.

[cxj]

Yes, tried that, with same result.

[solleer]

Try using 4 if you are using a PHP string

[solleer]

Use 2 if it's from a file

[cxj]

My actual use case is all from XML and TSS files. Using 2 fails from files. Using 4 fails from a PHP string.

[solleer]

This issue should be fixed now