save the actuall date 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 code to display current date and time in different formats
echo date('Y.m.d H:i:s');