getdate

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

Get date/time information

array getdate ([ int $timestamp = time() ] )

Returns an associative array containing the date information of the timestamp, or the current local time if no timestamp is given.

Parameters:

timestamp

The optional timestamp parameter is an integer Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if a timestamp is not given. In other words, it defaults to the value of time().

Returns:

Returns an associative array of information related to the timestamp. Elements from the returned associative array are as follows:

**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.

Examples:

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
)