Date Functions

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Published May 23, 2022
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PHP manipulates dates in a number of ways, using arrays, strings, Unix timestamps, or DateTime objects. PHP provides a number of built-in functions for manipulating dates using these various data types.

Date Functions

date()
Creates a formatted date-time string from a local date-time.
date_add()
Adds a given number of days, months, years, hours, minutes or seconds to an existing date.
date_create()
Creates a new DateTime object from a formatted date-time string.
date_diff()
Takes two DateTime objects, calculates the difference, and returns a DateInterval object.
date_format()
Takes a DateTime object and returns a string based on its formatted value.
date_parse()
Accepts a date as a parameter, parses it, and returns information about the given date in the form of an array.
date_sub()
Subtracts a specified interval from a given date.
getdate()
Returns an array representing the current date or a Unix timestamp.
time()
Returns current time measured in seconds from the Unix Epoch.

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