return current date in 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: Get the Current Date and Time in PHP

phpCopy<?php
date_default_timezone_set('Europe/Amsterdam');    
$DateAndTime = date('m-d-Y h:i:s a', time());  
echo "The current date and time in Amsterdam are $DateAndTime.\n";
date_default_timezone_set('America/Toronto');    
$DateAndTime2 = date('m-d-Y h:i:s a', time());  
echo "The current date and time in Toronto are $DateAndTime2.";
?>