PHP Function gmmktime()

Syntax

int gmmktime(hour,minute,second,month,day,year,is_dst);

Definition and Usage

This function is identical to mktime() except the passed parameters represents a GMT date. gmmktime() internally uses mktime() so only times valid in derived local time can be used.

Paramters

Parameter	Description
hour	Optional. Specifies the hour
minute	Optional. Specifies the minute
second	Optional. Specifies the second
month	Optional. Specifies the numerical month
day	Optional. Specifies the day
year	Optional. Specifies the year.
is_dst	Optional. Parameters always represent a GMT date so is_dst doesn't influence the result.

Return Value

Returns a integer Unix timestamp.

Example

Following is the usage of this function:

<?php
$timestamp = gmmktime(0,0,0,8,6,1971);
print($timestamp . "\n");
?>

This will produce following result:

50284800
Aug-05-1971