PHP Script To Find and Print The Current Date And Time

PHP date/time functions

Examples: PHP show current date and time

Consider the following simple php script example:

<?php
print strftime('%c');
?>

Sample outputs:

Mon Apr 23 01:22:58 2007

You need to pass format such as %c to strftime() to print date and time representation for the current system. You can use following format characters:

• %m – month as a decimal number (range 01 to 12)
• %d – day of the month as a decimal number (range 01 to 31)
• %Y – year as a decimal number including the century
• You can see the complete format conversion specifiers online here

You can also use date() as follows:

<?php
 print date('r');
 print "\\n";
 print date('D, d M Y H:i:s T');
 print "\\n";
?>

Sample outputs:

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:29:56 +0530
Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:35:14 IST

You need to pass r format conversion to print formatted date. See the complete format conversion specifiers online here.