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PHP Date() Function

by glenda on April 25th, 2011 at 6:03 am
Posted In: Tutorials, PHP, Tutorials, PHP, php Date() Function, Tutorials

The PHP date() function formats a timestamp to a more readable date and time.
* Timestamp is a sequence of characters, denoting the date and/or time at which a certain event occured.

Syntax:
date(format,timestamp)

PHP Date() – Format the Date

The required format parameter in the date() function specifies how to format the date/time.

Here are some characters that can be used:

* d – Represents the day of the month (01 to 31)
* m – Represents a month (01 to 12)
* Y – Represents a year (in four digits)

PHP Date() – Adding a Timestamp

Syntax for mktime()
mktime(hour,minute,second,month,day,year,is_dst)

<?php
echo date(“Y-m-d”).”<br/>”;

$tomorrow=mktime(0,0,0,date(“m”),date(“d”)+1,date(“Y”));
echo “tomorrow is “.date(“Y-m-d”,$tomorrow).”<br/>”;

$yesterday=mktime(0,0,0,date(“m”),date(“d”)-1,date(“Y”));
echo “yesterday is “.date(“Y-m-d”,$yesterday).”<br/>”;
?>

Output:

2011-04-25
tomorrow is 2011-04-26
yesterday is 2011-04-24

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