Ecco la funzione che ti serve: la richiami senza parametri e restituirà la stringa da te desiderata:
Codice PHP:
<?php
    
function date_ita(){
        switch(
date("w")){
            case(
0):
                
$week_day="Dom";
                break;
            case(
1):
                
$week_day="Lun";
                break;
            case(
2):
                
$week_day="Mar";
                break;
            case(
3):
                
$week_day="Mer";
                break;
            case(
4):
                
$week_day="Gio";
                break;
            case(
5):
                
$week_day="Ven";
                break;
            case(
6):
                
$week_day="Sab";
                break;
        }
        
$mon_day=date("j");
        switch(
date("n")){
            case(
1):
                
$month="Gennaio";
                break;
            case(
2):
                
$month="Febbraio";
                break;
            case(
3):
                
$month="Marzo";
                break;
            case(
4):
                
$month="Aprile";
                break;
            case(
5):
                
$month="Maggio";
                break;
            case(
6):
                
$month="Giugno";
                break;
            case(
7):
                
$month="Luglio";
                break;
            case(
8):
                
$month="Agosto";
                break;
            case(
9):
                
$month="Settembre";
                break;
            case(
10):
                
$month="Ottobre";
                break;
            case(
11):
                
$month="Novembre";
                break;
            case(
12):
                
$month="Dicembre";
                break;
        }
        
$year=date("Y");
        
$hour=date("H");
        
$minute=date("i");
        
$output="$week_day $mon_day $month $year $hour:$minute";
        return(
$output);
    }
?>
Ciao