PHP Function gmdate()

Syntax

string gmdate ( string $format [, int $timestamp] );

Definition and Usage

This is identical to the date() function except that the time returned is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Paramters

Parameter	Description
format	Required. The format of the outputted date string. See the formatting options for the date() function.
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 a formatted date string. If a non-numeric value is used for timestamp, FALSE is returned and an E_WARNING level error is emitted.

Example

Following is the usage of this function:

<?php echo date("M d Y H:i:s", mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2007)); echo gmdate("M d Y H:i:s", mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2007)); ?>

This will produce following result:

Jan 01 2007 00:00:00 Jan 01 2007 07:00:00