DATETIMEINTERFACE.GETTIMESTAMP(3) 1 DATETIMEINTERFACE.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
DateTimeInterface.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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