get time 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 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 3: php current time

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

Example 4: unix timestamp in php

strtotime("now");

// strtotime is a function that will take a string parameter 
// that specifies a date, and returns a unix time stamp bassed
// on that

echo strtotime("2020-02-24");

// prints: 1582502400

Example 5: display time php

date(format,timestamp) 
//example
date("Y.m.d") //default timestamp is current time.

Example 6: time php

<?php 
/* Unix Timestamp */
$timestamp = time();
echo $timestamp . "<br>";
echo date("d/m/Y", $timestamp);
?>