Time and Date - PHP

PHP has the ability to dynamically generate the time and date. Using a simple line of code we are able to include this on our site, however it is important to know how the formatting works.



You can use the date function in conjunction with the time function to display this in the format of date ( format , time ) In our case we want the start time to be now, so we will call the time first. We will demonstrate many different types of formatting


 $b = time (); 
 print date("m/d/y",$b) . "
"; 
 print date("D, F jS",$b) . "
"; 
 print date("l, F jS Y",$b) . "
"; 
 print date("g:i A",$b) . "
"; 
 print date("r",$b) . "
"; 
 print date("g:i:s A D, F jS Y",$b) . "
"; 
 ?> 


There is different formats that can be used in the date feature. Below is a summary of the variable used in date, and what each does. They ARE CaSe sEnsItIVe:


DAYS 
d - day of the month 2 digits (01-31) 
j - day of the month (1-31) 
D - 3 letter day (Mon - Sun) 
l - full name of day (Monday - Sunday) 
N - 1=Monday, 2=Tuesday, etc (1-7) 
S - suffix for date (st, nd, rd) 
w - 0=Sunday, 1=Monday (0-6) 
z - day of the year (1=365)


WEEK 
W - week of the year (1-52)


MONTH 
F - Full name of month (January - December)
m - 2 digit month number (01-12) 
n - month number (1-12) 
M - 3 letter month (Jan - Dec) 
t - Days in the month (28-31)


YEAR
L - leap year (0 no, 1 yes)
o - ISO-8601 year number (Ex. 1979, 2006)
Y - four digit year (Ex. 1979, 2006)
y - two digit year (Ex. 79, 06)


TIME
a - am or pm
A - AM or PM
B - Swatch Internet time (000 - 999)
g - 12 hour (1-12)
G - 24 hour c (0-23)
h - 2 digit 12 hour (01-12)
H - 2 digit 24 hour (00-23)
i - 2 digit minutes (00-59)
s 0 2 digit seconds (00-59)


OTHER e - timezone (Ex: GMT, CST)
I - daylight savings (1=yes, 0=no)
O - offset GMT (Ex: 0200)
Z - offset in seconds (-43200 - 43200)
r - full RFC 2822 formatted date