The PHP Date() Function The PHP date() function formats a timestamp to a more readable date and time. Tip A timestamp is a sequence of characters, denoting the date and/or time at which a certain event occurred. Syntax date(format,timestamp) Parameter Description format Required. Specifies the format of the timestamp timestamp Optional. Specifies a timestamp. Default is the current date and time PHP Date() - Format the Date The required format parameter in the date() function specifies how to format the date/time. Here are some characters that can be used: d - Represents the day of the month (01 to 31) m - Represents a month (01 to 12) Y - Represents a year (in four digits) A list of all the characters that can be used in the format parameter, can be found in our PHP Date reference, date() function. Other characters, like"/", ".", or "-" can also be inserted between the letters to add additional formatting: The output of the code above could be something like this: 2013/09/21 2013.09.21 2013-09-21 PHP Date() - Adding a Timestamp The optional timestamp parameter in the date() function specifies a timestamp. If you do not specify a timestamp, the current date and time will be used. The mktime() function returns the Unix timestamp for a date. The Unix timestamp contains the number of seconds between the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT) and the time specified. Syntax for mktime() mktime(hour,minute,second,month,day,year,is_dst) To go one day in the future we simply add one to the day argument of mktime(): The output of the code above could be something like this: Tomorrow is 2013/09/22
Posted on: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 15:52:35 +0000
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