php current date format code example

Example 1: php time format

$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a");               // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
$today = date("m.d.y");                       // 03.10.01
$today = date("j, n, Y");                     // 10, 3, 2001
$today = date("Ymd");                         // 20010310
$today = date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day');   // 05-16-18, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Satpm01
$today = date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.'); // it is the 10th day.
$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y");             // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2001
$today = date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h');   // 17:03:18 m is month
$today = date("H:i:s");                       // 17:16:18
$today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");                 // 2001-03-10 17:16:18 (the MySQL DATETIME format)

Example 2: php timestamp

<?php

echo time();

?>

Example 3: php all date formats

<?php
echo date("F j, Y, g:i a")."<br>";               // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
echo date("m.d.y")."<br>";                       // 03.10.01
echo date("j, n, Y")."<br>";                     // 10, 3, 2001
echo date("Ymd")."<br>";                         // 20010310
echo date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day')."<br>";   // 05-16-18, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Satpm01
echo date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.')."<br>"; // it is the 10th day.
echo date("D M j G:i:s T Y")."<br>";             // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2001
echo date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h')."<br>";   // 17:03:18 m is month
echo date("H:i:s")."<br>";                       // 17:16:18
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s")."<br>";                 // 2001-03-10 17:16:18 (the MySQL DATETIME format)

Example 4: php code to display current date and time in different formats

echo date('Y.m.d H:i:s');

Example 5: 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);