Hello folks! welcome back to a new edition of our tutorial on PHP. In this tutorial guide, we are going to be studying about the PHP date() Function.
The PHP date() function accepts a format string as parameter, then formats the local date/time in the specified format and then returns the result.
The PHP date() function accepts a format string as parameter, then formats the local date/time in the specified format and then returns the result.
Syntax
Following below is the syntax to use this function -
date($format, $timestamp)
Parameter Details
Sr.No | Parameter & Description |
---|---|
1 | format (Mandatory) This is a format string specifying the format in which you want the output date string to be. |
2 | timestamp (Optional) This is an integer value representing the timestamp of the required date |
Return Value
This PHP function returns the current local date and time in the specified format.
PHP Version
This function was first introduced as part of core PHP version 4 and, it works with all the later versions.
Example1
Following example illustrates the usage of the PHP date() function -
<?php $date = date("D M d Y"); print("Date: ".$date); ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Date: Thu Nov 19 2020
Example2
You can escape characters in a date format as shown below -
<?php $date = date("jS F l \t"); print("Date: ".$date); ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Date: 18th May Monday
Example3
The following example below invokes the date() function by passing the timestamp parameter -
<?php $ts = 1022555568; $date = date("D M d Y", $ts); print($date); ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Tue May 28 2002
Example4
Try the following example -
<?php date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); echo date("l"); echo "
"; echo date('l dS \of F Y h:i:s A'); echo "
"; ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Monday Monday 05th of December 2016 10:27:13 AM
Alright guys! This is where we are going to be rounding up for this tutorial post. In our next tutorial, we are going to be discussing about the PHP getdate() Function.
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