PHP getdate() Function

This getdate() function is used to get the information of the current local date/time or the timestamp.

Syntax

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required/Optional
timestamp	Specifies an integer	optional

Return

This function returns an associative array of information related to the timestamp.

Example 1

<?php
$todaydate=getdate(date("U"));
echo "$todaydate[weekday], $todaydate[month] $todaydate[mday], $todaydate[year]";
?>

Output:

Thursday, August 2, 2018

Example 2

<?php
// Print the array from getdate()
print_r(getdate());
echo "\n";
$todaydate=getdate(date("U"));
echo "$todaydate[weekday], $todaydate[month] $todaydate[mday], $todaydate[year]";
?>

Output:

Array
(
    [seconds] => 14
    [minutes] => 7
    [hours] => 7
    [mday] => 9
    [wday] => 4
    [mon] => 8
    [year] => 2018
    [yday] => 220
    [weekday] => Thursday
    [month] => August
    [0] => 1533798434
)

Thursday, August 9, 2018

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