php get current times code example

Example 1: php date timestamp now

//Get current date time in PHP

// Simply:
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

// Or:
$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');

// This would return the date in the following formats respectively:
$date = '2012-03-06 17:33:07';
// Or
$date = '2012/03/06 17:33:07';

/** 
 * This time is based on the default server time zone.
 * If you want the date in a different time zone,
 * say if you come from Nairobi, Kenya like I do, you can set
 * the time zone to Nairobi as shown below.
 */

date_default_timezone_set('Africa/Nairobi');

// Then call the date functions
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
// Or
$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');

// date_default_timezone_set() function is however
// supported by PHP version 5.1.0 or above.

Example 2: php current time

<?php
$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
                   // 7 Tage; 24 Stunden; 60 Minuten; 60 Sekunden
echo 'Jetzt:          '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";
echo 'Naechste Woche: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";
// oder strtotime() verwenden:
echo 'Naechste Woche: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) ."\n";
?>