Date() Function in PHP

What is a Date() Function?

Explanation

The "Date()" function returns a string in the specified format for a date and time.

Syntax:


date(format,timestamp)

In the above syntax "format" is used to specify the format of the date and time to be returned, "timestamp" is an optional field.

Example :


<?php
echo date("Y/m/d");
echo "<br/>";
echo date("Y.m.d");
echo "<br/>";
echo date("Y-m-d");
?>
Result :

2014/05/21
2014.05.21
2014-05-21

In the above example the function will display, the current date in different formats, and "y" for the current year, "m" for the month(1-12), "d" for the date(1-31).

Note :

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

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