The purpose of the article is to get the current Date and Time in PHP. It is performed by using a simple in-built PHP function date(). The Date is an inbuilt function used to format the timestamp. The computer stores date and time in UNIX timestamp. This time is measured as a number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970. As this is difficult for humans to read, PHP converts timestamps to format in such a way that it is readable and more understandable to humans.
Syntax:
date('d-m-y h:i:s');
Parameters : The date() have different parameters. Each parameter represents some meaningful unit.
- d: It represents the day of the month which has two digits with leading zeros (01 or 31)
- m: It represents month in numbers with leading zeros (01 or 1)
- y: It represents a year in two digits (08 or 14).
- h: It represents the hour of the day in two digits with leading zeros (01 or 1)
- I: It represents the minute in the current time zone.
- s: It represents the number of seconds in the current timezone.
Example 1:
PHP
<?php // PHP program to get the // current date and time echo "Current date and time is :"; // Store the date and time to // the variable $myDate = date("d-m-y h:i:s"); // Display the date and time echo $myDate; ?> |
Output:
Current date and time is :03-01-21 04:49:52
Example 2: The following demonstrates other date() functions format which can be used by the developer as per the need.
PHP
<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <h2>Other ways of using date() function</h2> <?php echo "Date in Year.Month.Day format is: " . date("Y.m.d") . "<br>"; echo "Date in Year-Month-day format is: " . date("Y-m-d") . "<br>"; echo "Date in Year/Month/day format is: " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>"; ?> </body> </html> |
Output:
