PHP Function getdate()

Syntax

array getdate ( [int $timestamp] );

Definition and Usage

Returns a string formatted according to the given format string using the given integer timestamp or the current time if no timestamp is given. In other words, timestamp is optional and defaults to the value of time().

Paramters

Parameter	Description
timestamp	Optional. This 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().

Return Value

Returns an associative array of information related to the typestamp. The returning array contains ten elements with relevant information needed when formatting a date string:

• [seconds] - seconds
• [minutes] - minutes
• [hours] - hours
• [mday] - day of the month
• [wday] - day of the week
• [year] - year
• [yday] - day of the year
• [weekday] - name of the weekday
• [month] - name of the month

Example

Following is the usage of this function:

<?php $today = getdate(); print_r($today); ?>

This will produce following result:

Array ( [seconds] => 40 [minutes] => 58 [hours] => 21 [mday] => 17 [wday] => 2 [mon] => 6 [year] => 2003 [yday] => 167 [weekday] => Tuesday [month] => June [0] => 1055901520 )