PHP date_sunset() Function

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Definition and Usage

The date_sunset() function accepts a timestamp representing the given day and, returns the sunset time on that particular day.

Syntax

date_sunset($timestamp, [$format, $latitude, $longitude, $zenith, $gmtoffset])

Parameters

Return Values

PHP date_sunset() function returns the time of the sunset in desired format. Incase of failure, it returns the boolean value false.

PHP Version

This function was first introduced in PHP Version 5.0 and, works with all the later versions.

Example

Following example demonstrates the usage of the date_sunset() function −

Live Demo

<?php
   $sun_info = date_sunset("02-17-2012");
   print_r($sun_info);
?>

This will produce following result −

14:46

Example

Now lets invoke this function by, passing latitude and longitude values. If you want to pass latitude and longitude values it is mandatory to pass the value of required format too −

Live Demo

<?php
   $sun_info = date_sunset("02-03-2020",SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, 23.4, -25);
   print_r("Sunset Time: ".$sun_info);
?>

This will produce following result −

Sunset Time: 19:05

Example

Following example verifies the case of no sunset −

<?php
   $sun_info = date_sunset("25-12-2016",SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING, 69, 41);
   print("Sunset Time: ".$sun_info);
   print("\n");
   var_dump($sun_info);
?>

This will produce following result −

Sunset Time:
bool(false)

Example

<?php
   echo("Date: " . date("D M d Y"));
   echo("\n");
   echo("Sunset time: ");
   echo(date_sunset(time(),SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING,38.4,-9,90,1));
?>

This will produce following result −

Date: Thu May 07 2020
Sunset time: 20:30