getdate()

Published May 23, 2022
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The getdate() function returns an array representing information about the current date or a Unix timestamp.

Syntax

$t = getdate($timestamp);

The $timestamp parameter is optional. It is an int representing a Unix timestamp, i.e. the number of seconds from the Unix Epoch, midnight GMT on January 1st, 1970. If omitted, getdate() returns information on the current date and time.

The getdate() function returns an associative array, $t, providing information on the current date or $timestamp with the following members:

Member Data Type Description Range
$t["seconds"] int Number of the second. 0-59
$t["minutes"] int Number of the minute. 0-59
$t["hours"] int Number of the hour. 0-23
$t["mday"] int Day of the month. 0-31
$t["wday"] int Day of the week, starting on Sunday. 0-6
$t["mon"] int Number of the month. 1-12
$t["year"] int Four digit year.
$t["yday"] int Day of the year. 0-365
$t["weekday"] string Full name of the weekday. “Sunday” to “Saturday”
$t["month"] string Full name of the month. “January” to “December”
$t[0] int The Unix timestamp.

Codebyte Example

The example below gets an array from the getdate() function, and prints out various elements from it.

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