how to take current date in 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 current date

# Current date
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata'); 
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); 

# Current Time
date_default_timezone_set("America/New_York");
echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa");

Example 3: how to set date in php

// 1. create a date instance
$date = new DateTime;

// 2. set the date using the setDate(year, month, date) method on the
//    $date instance
$date->setDate(1999,02,19);