1$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a"); // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
2$today = date("m.d.y"); // 03.10.01
3$today = date("j, n, Y"); // 10, 3, 2001
4$today = date("Ymd"); // 20010310
5$today = date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day'); // 05-16-18, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Satpm01
6$today = date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.'); // it is the 10th day.
7$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2001
8$today = date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h'); // 17:03:18 m is month
9$today = date("H:i:s"); // 17:16:18
10$today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // 2001-03-10 17:16:18 (the MySQL DATETIME format)
11
1date(format,timestamp)
2//example
3date("Y.m.d") //default timestamp is current time.
1<?php
2// set the default timezone to use. Available since PHP 5.1
3date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
4
5
6// Prints something like: Monday
7echo date("l");
8
9// Prints something like: Monday 8th of August 2005 03:12:46 PM
10echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');
11
12// Prints: July 1, 2000 is on a Saturday
13echo "July 1, 2000 is on a " . date("l", mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
14
15/* use the constants in the format parameter */
16// prints something like: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:28:57 -0700
17echo date(DATE_RFC2822);
18
19// prints something like: 2000-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
20echo date(DATE_ATOM, mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
21?>