curent 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: php current date get

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata'); 
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // time in India

Example 3: php current date

# Current date
date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata'); 
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); 

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

Example 4: get current date from year input php

$date_input = '2003';
$date_output= date( "Y-m-d", mktime( 0, 0, 0, 1, 1, $date_input ));
//date_output = 2003-01-01