GETDATE(3) 1 GETDATE(3)
getdate - Get date/time information
SYNOPSIS
array getdate ([int $timestamp = time()])
DESCRIPTION
Returns an associative array containing the date information of the $timestamp, or the current local time if no $timestamp is given.
PARAMETERS
o $timestamp
- 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(3).
RETURN VALUES
Returns an associative array of information related to the $timestamp. Elements from the returned associative array are as follows:
Key elements of the returned associative array
+----------+--------------------------------------+---+
| 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 Satur- | |
| | day) | |
| | | |
| | | |
| "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, simi- | |
| | lar to the values returned by | |
| | time(3) and used by date(3). | |
| | | |
| | System Dependent, typically | |
| | -2147483648 through 2147483647. | |
| | | |
+----------+--------------------------------------+---+
EXAMPLES
Example #1
getdate(3) 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
)
SEE ALSO
date(3), idate(3), localtime(3), time(3), setlocale(3).
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