php now() 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: date now php

date('Y-m-d H:i:s')

Example 3: php format date

<?php
  // To change the format of an existing date
  $old_date_format = "20/03/1999";
  $new_data_format = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime($old_date_format));

Example 4: php now

// In my case I want to print to log my zone time (Rome GMT +2)
// without changing the default timezone
// Add +2 hours respect to php time
$new_time = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime('+2 hours'));

Example 5: date now php

date("Y-m-d H:i:s");

Example 6: php get current datetime mysql format

date('Y-m-d H:i:s');