php function to get current date 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 get current time and date
date("Y-n-j G:i:s");
//-->2020-10-29 23:27:15
Example 3: 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);