1$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a"); // October 30, 2019, 10:42 pm
2$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Wed Oct 30 22:42:18 UTC 2019
3$today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // 2019-10-30 22:42:18(MySQL DATETIME format)
1<?php
2
3// Use date
4
5echo date("F j, Y, g:i a"); // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
6echo date("m.d.y"); // 03.10.01
7echo date("j, n, Y"); // 10, 3, 2001
8echo date("Ymd"); // 20010310
9echo date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day'); // 05-16-18, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Satpm01
10echo date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.'); // It is the 10th day.
11echo date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2001
12echo date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \t\h\e\ \m\o\n\t\h'); // 17:03:18 m is the month
13echo date("H:i:s"); // 17:16:18
14echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // 2001-03-10 17:16:18 Mysql format
15
16?>
1//Get current date time in PHP
2
3// Simply:
4$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
5
6// Or:
7$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');
8
9// This would return the date in the following formats respectively:
10$date = '2012-03-06 17:33:07';
11// Or
12$date = '2012/03/06 17:33:07';
13
14/**
15 * This time is based on the default server time zone.
16 * If you want the date in a different time zone,
17 * say if you come from Nairobi, Kenya like I do, you can set
18 * the time zone to Nairobi as shown below.
19 */
20
21date_default_timezone_set('Africa/Nairobi');
22
23// Then call the date functions
24$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
25// Or
26$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');
27
28// date_default_timezone_set() function is however
29// supported by PHP version 5.1.0 or above.
30
1$timestamp = strtotime('2009-10-22');
2
3$day = date('D', $timestamp);
4var_dump($day);