php time to date code example

Example 1: php timestamp to date

<?php 
echo date('m/d/Y H:i:s', 1541843467); 
?>

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 format date

<?php
  // To change the format of an existing date
  $old_date_format = "20/03/1999";
  $new_data_format = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime($old_date_format));

Example 4: time to string in php

<?php
$date = '27/06/2020, 04:42:43 PM';
$date = str_replace('/', '-', $date);
echo date('F j, Y, g:i a',strtotime($date));

// output : June 27, 2020, 4:42 pm
?>

Example 5: phph date

<?php
// Définit le fuseau horaire par défaut à utiliser. Disponible depuis PHP 5.1
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');


// Affichage de quelque chose comme : Monday
echo date("l");

// Affichage de quelque chose comme : Monday 8th of August 2005 03:12:46 PM
echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');

// Affiche : July 1, 2000 is on a Saturday
echo "July 1, 2000 is on a " . date("l", mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));

/* utilise les constantes dans le paramètre format */
// Affichage de quelque chose comme : Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:28:57 -0700
echo date(DATE_RFC2822);

// Affichage de quelque chose comme : 2000-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
echo date(DATE_ATOM, mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
?>

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