$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a"); // October 30, 2019, 10:42 pm
$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Wed Oct 30 22:42:18 UTC 2019
$today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // 2019-10-30 22:42:18(MySQL DATETIME format)<?php
echo "Today is " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("Y.m.d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("Y-m-d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("l");$currentYear=date("Y");//2019//Get current date time in PHP
// Simply:
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
// Or:
$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');
// This would return the date in the following formats respectively:
$date = '2012-03-06 17:33:07';
// Or
$date = '2012/03/06 17:33:07';
/**
* This time is based on the default server time zone.
* If you want the date in a different time zone,
* say if you come from Nairobi, Kenya like I do, you can set
* the time zone to Nairobi as shown below.
*/
date_default_timezone_set('Africa/Nairobi');
// Then call the date functions
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
// Or
$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');
// date_default_timezone_set() function is however
// supported by PHP version 5.1.0 or above.
$timestamp = strtotime('2009-10-22');
$day = date('D', $timestamp);
var_dump($day);# Current date
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
# Current Time
date_default_timezone_set("America/New_York");
echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa");