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getdate

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

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 366
• "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 output will look 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

)

See also date(), time(), and setlocale().