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DATETIMEIMMUTABLE.GETTIMESTAMP(3)					 1					 DATETIMEIMMUTABLE.GETTIMESTAMP(3)

DateTime::getTimestamp - Gets the Unix timestamp

       Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       public int DateTime::getTimestamp (void	)

DESCRIPTION
       int DateTimeImmutable::getTimestamp (void  ) int DateTimeInterface::getTimestamp (void  )

       Procedural style
       int date_timestamp_get (DateTimeInterface  $object)

	Gets the Unix timestamp.

PARAMETERS
       This function has no parameters.

RETURN VALUES
	Returns the Unix timestamp representing the date.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      DateTimeImmutable.getTimestamp(3) example

	      Object oriented style

	      <?php
	      $date = new DateTime();
	      echo $date->getTimestamp();
	      ?>

	      Procedural style

	      <?php
	      $date = date_create();
	      echo date_timestamp_get($date);
	      ?>

	      The above examples will output something similar to:

	      1272509157

NOTES
	Using U as the parameter to DateTime.format(3) is an alternative when using PHP 5.2.

SEE ALSO 
DateTime.setTimestamp(3), DateTime.format(3).
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