date to timestamp 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 timestamp to date

<?php 
echo date('m/d/Y H:i:s', 1541843467); 
?>

Example 3: timestamp php

<?php
$date = new DateTime();
echo $date->getTimestamp();
?>

Example 4: time to string in php

<?php
$date = '27/06/2020, 04:42:43 PM';
$date = str_replace('/', '-', $date);
echo date('F j, Y, g:i a',strtotime($date));

// output : June 27, 2020, 4:42 pm
?>

Example 5: php timestamp

<?php

echo time();

?>

Example 6: php datetime to timestamp

$time = '2021-03-31 23:59:00';
strtotime($time);