get date from 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: only date in php

date('Y:m:d', strtotime($date))

Example 3: php datetime to timestamp

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

Example 4: php timestamp to date

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

Example 5: date now php

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

Example 6: date in php

/**
 * Its always best to use a datetime object
 */
$dateTime = new \DateTime();
/**
 * You can get the string by using format
 */
$dateTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');