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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