How do I get the current date and time in PHP?
Use the date()
function to get the current date and time of the server.
In this example, we pass in the argument of d/m H:i
to get the current date and time in the day/month hour:minute
format:
$currentDateTime = date('d/m H:i'); echo $currentDateTime;
Output:
18/05 23:12
You can combine the following format parameters with common date and time symbols such as /
, :
, and -
to get the time and date in your desired format.
Parameter | Description | Example |
---|---|---|
‘Y’ | Year (four digits) | 2023 |
‘m’ | Month (two digits) | 05 |
‘F’ | Month (noun) | May |
‘d’ | Day (two digits) | 18 |
‘l’ | Day (noun) | Thursday |
‘H’ | Hour (24 hour) | 23 |
‘h’ | Hour (12 hour) | 11 |
‘A’ | AM or PM | PM |
‘i’ | 60 minute time | 12 |
’s’ | 60 second time | 08 |
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