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(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

getdate -- Get date/time information

Description

array getdate ( [int timestamp] )

Returns an associative array containing the date information of the timestamp , or the current local time if no timestamp is given, as the following associative array elements:

Table 1. Key elements of the returned associative array

Key Description Example returned values "seconds" Numeric representation of seconds 0 to 59 "minutes" Numeric representation of minutes 0 to 59 "hours" Numeric representation of hours 0 to 23 "mday" Numeric representation of the day of the month 1 to 31 "wday" Numeric representation of the day of the week 0 (for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) "mon" Numeric representation of a month 1 through 12 "year" A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits Examples: 1999 or 2003 "yday" Numeric representation of the day of the year 0 through 365 "weekday" A full textual representation of the day of the week Sunday through Saturday "month" A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March January through December 0 Seconds since the Unix Epoch, similar to the values returned by time() and used by date() . System Dependent, typically -2147483648 through 2147483647 .

Example 1. getdate() example

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

The above example will output something similar to:

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

Related Function(s)

time()

date()

setlocale()