php print current time code example

Example 1: php current time

# Current Time
date_default_timezone_set("America/New_York");
echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa");

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);

Example 4: show date php

check here link:   http://www.eltcalendar.com/stuff/datemysqlphp.html