how to get date in php code example

Example 1: php convert string to date

$time = strtotime('10/16/2003');

$newformat = date('Y-m-d',$time);

echo $newformat;
// 2003-10-16

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 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 4: php get date

date("Y-m-d h:i:sa")

Example 5: Get the Current Date and Time in PHP

phpCopy<?php
$DateAndTime = date('m-d-Y h:i:s a', time());  
echo "The current date and time are $DateAndTime.";
?>

Example 6: Get the Current Date and Time in PHP

phpCopy<?php
$Object = new DateTime();  
$Object->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Europe/Amsterdam'));
$DateAndTime = $Object->format("d-m-Y h:i:s a");  
echo "The current date and time in Amsterdam are $DateAndTime.\n";
$Object->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('America/Toronto'));
$DateAndTime = $Object->format("d-m-Y h:i:s a");  
echo "The current date and time in Toronto are $DateAndTime.";
?>