php todays 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 today date
<?php
echo "Today is " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("Y.m.d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("Y-m-d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("l");
Example 3: php get day from date
$timestamp = strtotime('2009-10-22');
$day = date('D', $timestamp);
var_dump($day);
Example 4: php current date get
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // time in India
Example 5: php current date
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
date_default_timezone_set("America/New_York");
echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa");
Example 6: date in php
/**
* Its always best to use a datetime object
*/
$dateTime = new \DateTime();
/**
* You can get the string by using format
*/
$dateTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');