php get date today code example

Example 1: php get current year

$currentYear=date("Y");//2019

Example 2: 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 3: php today date

<?php
echo "Today is " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("Y.m.d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("Y-m-d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("l");

Example 4: php current date get

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

Example 5: date now php

echo date('c');

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