(PHP 4, PHP 5)
getdate — Get date/time information
Returns an associative array containing the date information of the timestamp , or the current local time if no timestamp is given.
The optional timestamp parameter is an integer Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if a timestamp is not given. In other words, it defaults to the value of time().
Returns an associative array of information related to the timestamp . Elements from the returned associative array are as follows:
| Key | Description | Example returned values |
|---|---|---|
| "seconds" | Numeric representation of seconds | 0 to 59 |
| "minutes" | Numeric representation of minutes | 0 to 59 |
| "hours" | Numeric representation of hours | 0 to 23 |
| "mday" | Numeric representation of the day of the month | 1 to 31 |
| "wday" | Numeric representation of the day of the week | 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) |
| "mon" | Numeric representation of a month | 1 through 12 |
| "year" | A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits | Examples: 1999 or 2003 |
| "yday" | Numeric representation of the day of the year | 0 through 365 |
| "weekday" | A full textual representation of the day of the week | Sunday through Saturday |
| "month" | A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March | January through December |
| 0 | Seconds since the Unix Epoch, similar to the values returned by time() and used by date(). | System Dependent, typically -2147483648 through 2147483647. |
Example #1 getdate() example
<?php
$today = getdate();
print_r($today);
?>
The above example will output something similar to:
Array
(
[seconds] => 40
[minutes] => 58
[hours] => 21
[mday] => 17
[wday] => 2
[mon] => 6
[year] => 2003
[yday] => 167
[weekday] => Tuesday
[month] => June
[0] => 1055901520
)