html element to separate php variable strings - ACF datepicker

Question

i am using ACF to display an internationalized date with this code :

<?php
    $dateformatstring = "l j F Y";
    $unixtimestamp = strtotime(get_field('date'));
?>

<?php echo date_i18n($dateformatstring, $unixtimestamp); ?>

but i wish i could separate each part into span for example to obtain a result like this :

<span>*day number*</span><span>*week day*</span><span>*month*</span><span>*year*</span>

but despite many attemps, i couldn't make it -_- Thanks for your help ;-)

Answer 1

thanks to @kero, i managed to do something like this :

<?php
    $dayNumber = "l";
    $weekDay = "j";
    $month = "F";
    $year = "Y";
    $unixtimestamp = strtotime(get_field('date'));
?>

<?php echo '<span>' . date_i18n($dayNumber, $unixtimestamp) . '</span>'; ?>
<?php echo '<span>' . date_i18n($weekDay, $unixtimestamp) . '</span>'; ?>
<?php echo '<span>' . date_i18n($month, $unixtimestamp) . '</span>'; ?>
<?php echo '<span>' . date_i18n($year, $unixtimestamp) . '</span>'; ?>

Not sure it is the best way to do it but it works. Thanks !