val in CodeIgniter 3.1+.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">These functions are still available, but you’re strongly encouraged to remove their usage
sooner rather than later.</p>
</div>
</div>
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<h3>Date helper standard_date()<a class="headerlink" href="#date-helper-standard-date" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h3>
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