PHP date() Function
Definition and Usage
The date() function accepts a format string as a parameter, formats the local date/time in the specified format and returns the result.
Syntax
date($format, $timestamp)
Parameters
| 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
|
Return Values
PHP date() function returns the current local time/date in the specified format.
PHP Version
This function was first introduced in PHP Version 4 and, works with all the later versions.
Example
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
Example
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
Example
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
Example
<?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
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