PHP TUTORIALS - PHP Date & Time

PHP Date & Time

Getting the Time Stamp with time():


<?php
print time();
?>

Converting a Time Stamp with getdate():

Key	Description	Example
seconds	Seconds past the minutes (0-59)	20
minutes	Minutes past the hour (0 - 59)	29
hours	Hours of the day (0 - 23)	22
mday	Day of the month (1 - 31)	11
wday	Day of the week (0 - 6)	4
mon	Month of the year (1 - 12)	7
year	Year (4 digits)	1997
yday	Day of year ( 0 - 365 )	19
weekday	Day of the week	Thursday
month	Month of the year	January
0	Timestamp	948370048

Example:


<?php
$date_array = getdate();
foreach ( $date_array as $key => $val )
{
   print "$key = $val<br />";
}
$formated_date  = "Today's date: ";
$formated_date .= $date_array[mday] . "/";
$formated_date .= $date_array[mon] . "/";
$formated_date .= $date_array[year];

print $formated_date;
?>


seconds = 27
minutes = 25
hours = 11
mday = 12
wday = 6
mon = 5
year = 2007
yday = 131
weekday = Saturday
month = May
0 = 1178994327
Today's date: 12/5/2007

Converting a Time Stamp with date():


date(format,timestamp)

Format	Description	Example
a	'am' or 'pm' lowercase	pm
A	'AM' or 'PM' uppercase	PM
d	Day of month, a number with leading zeroes	20
D	Day of week (three letters)	Thu
F	Month name	January
h	Hour (12-hour format - leading zeroes)	12
H	Hour (24-hour format - leading zeroes)	22
g	Hour (12-hour format - no leading zeroes)	12
G	Hour (24-hour format - no leading zeroes)	22
i	Minutes ( 0 - 59 )	23
j	Day of the month (no leading zeroes	20
l (Lower 'L')	Day of the week	Thursday
L	Leap year ('1' for yes, '0' for no)	1
m	Month of year (number - leading zeroes)	1
M	Month of year (three letters)	Jan
r	The RFC 2822 formatted date	Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200
n	Month of year (number - no leading zeroes)	2
s	Seconds of hour	20
U	Time stamp	948372444
y	Year (two digits)	06
Y	Year (four digits)	2006
z	Day of year (0 - 365)	206
Z	Offset in seconds from GMT	+5

Example:


<?php
print date("m/d/y G.i:s<br>", time());
print "Today is ";
print date("j of F Y, \a\\t g.i a", time());
?>


01/20/00 13.27:55
Today is 20 of January 2000, at 1.27 pm