get the current date php code example

Example 1: php get current date and time

$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)

Example 2: php date timestamp now

//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.

Example 3: php current date get

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata'); 
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // time in India

Example 4: phph date

<?php
// Définit le fuseau horaire par défaut à utiliser. Disponible depuis PHP 5.1
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');


// Affichage de quelque chose comme : Monday
echo date("l");

// Affichage de quelque chose comme : Monday 8th of August 2005 03:12:46 PM
echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');

// Affiche : July 1, 2000 is on a Saturday
echo "July 1, 2000 is on a " . date("l", mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));

/* utilise les constantes dans le paramètre format */
// Affichage de quelque chose comme : Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:28:57 -0700
echo date(DATE_RFC2822);

// Affichage de quelque chose comme : 2000-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
echo date(DATE_ATOM, mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
?>