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 gmdate() Function.
The built-in gmdate() function accepts a format string as a parameter, then formats the local GMT/UTC date and time in the specified format.
The built-in gmdate() function accepts a format string as a parameter, then formats the local GMT/UTC date and time in the specified format.
Syntax
Following below is the syntax to use this function -
gmdate($format, $timestamp)
READ: PHP | date() Function
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 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 gmdate() function -
<?php $date = gmdate("D M d Y"); print("Date: ".$date); ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Date: Sun Nov 22 2020
Example2
The following example formats the current date using this PHP function and prints the sunrise and sunset information using of the resultant date -
<?php $date = gmdate("H:i:s"); $sun_info = date_sun_info($date, 20.5937, 78.9629); print_r($sun_info); ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Array ( [sunrise] => 4818 [sunset] => 44087 [transit] => 24453 [civil_twilight_begin] => 3381 [civil_twilight_end] => 45524 [nautical_twilight_begin] => 1729 [nautical_twilight_end] => 47176 [astronomical_twilight_begin] => 98 [astronomical_twilight_end] => 48807 )
Example3
Now let us invoke the gmdate() function by passing a timestamp -
<?php $ts = 1022555568; $date = gmdate("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 gmdate("l"); echo "\n"; echo gmdate('l dS \of F Y h:i:s A'); echo "\n"; ?>
Output
When the above code is executed, it will produce the following result -
Sunday Sunday 22nd of November 2020 12:05:09 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 gmmktime() Function.
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