The date() function accepts a format string as a parameter, formats the local date/time in the specified format and returns the result.
date($format, $timestamp)
Sr.No | Parameter & Description |
---|---|
1 |
format (Mandatory) This is a format string specifying the format in which you want the output date string to be. |
2 |
timestamp (Optional) This is an integer value representing the timestamp of the required date |
PHP date() function returns the current local time/date in the specified format.
This function was first introduced in PHP Version 4 and, works with all the later versions.
Try out following demonstrates the usage of the date() function −
<?php $date = date("D M d Y"); print("Date: ".$date); ?>
This will produce following result −
Date: Fri May 08 2020
You can escape characters in a date format as shown below −
<?php $date = date("jS F l \t"); print("Date: ".$date); ?>
This will produce following result −
Date: 18th May Monday
Following example invokes the date() function by passing the timestamp parameter −
<?php $ts = 1022555568; $date = date("D M d Y", $ts); print($date); ?>
This will produce following result −
Tue May 28 2002
<?php date_default_timezone_set('UTC'); echo date("l"); echo "
"; echo date('l dS \of F Y h:i:s A'); echo "
"; ?>
This produces the following result −
Monday Monday 05th of December 2016 10:27:13 AM