syntax:
date ( format, [time stamp] );
ex.:
echo date('F j, Y'); // january 21, 2004
echo date('H:i'); // 23:14
echo date('D'); // mon
To get the current date and time stamp value use : getdate();
ex.:
$dates = getdate();
echo $dates['month']; // january
Date Function Formats
- Y year value at 4 digits
- y year value at 2 digits
- n month as one(1) or two(2) digits
- m month value as two(2) digits only
- F month as word (whole)
- M month as 3 characters g hour, 12-hour as 1 or 2 digits
- h hour, 12-hour as 2 digits display
- i minutes value a am or pm words A AM or PM s seconds as 2 or 1 digits display
- j day of the month as 1 or 2 digits display
- d day of month as two(2) digits display l (lower case L) day of the week
getdate() array
- year year as 4 digits
- mon month
- month month name as words
- mday day of the month
- weekday day of the week (words)
- hours hours as two(2) digit display
- minutes minutes as one(1) or two(2) digit display
Sample code
echo '< select name="year">;
if (!isset($year)){
$year = date('Y');
}
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