PHP Time Date processing function Usage Summary

PHP time is generally used in the form of large integers is stored and called. The time () function returns a Unix timestamp for the current time.

Definitions and usage

The time () function returns a Unix timestamp for the current time.

Grammar

Time (void) parameter description
void Optional.

Description
Returns the number of seconds since the Unix era (GMT January 1, 1970 00:00:00) to the current time.

Cases

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<?php $t =time (); $nextWeek = time () + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60); 7 days; Hours; mins; 60secs Echo $t; Echo $nextWeek; ?>

Definitions and usage

The strtotime () function resolves the date-time description of any English text to a Unix timestamp.

Grammar

Strtotime (Time,now)

The Strtotime (time,now) function resolves the date-time description of any English text to a Unix timestamp.

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<?php Echo (Strtotime ("Now")); Echo (Strtotime ("3 October 2005")); Echo (Strtotime ("+5 hours")); Echo (Strtotime ("+1 Week")); Echo (Strtotime ("+1 Week 3 days 7 hours 5 Seconds")); Echo (Strtotime ("Next Monday")); Echo (Strtotime ("Last Sunday")); ?>

The date (Format,timestamp) function formats the timestamp as a more readable date and time.

D-Days of the month (01-31)
M-Current month, in Digital (01-12)
Y-the current year (four digits)

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<?php echo Date ("y/m/d"); echo "<br/>"; echo Date ("Y.M.D"); echo "<br/>"; echo Date ("y-m-d"); echo Date (' Y year m month d ', Time ()); ?>

Understanding the top three functions can be a good way to manipulate dates in PHP.

Date () function

Use the function date () to implement the

Displayed format: year-month-day hours: minutes: Seconds
Related time parameters:
A-"AM" or "PM"
A-"AM" or "PM"
D-days, two digits, if less than two digits before 0; for example: "01" to " D-Day of the week, three English letters; such as: "Fri"
F-month, the full name of the English language, such as: "January"
h-12 hours of hours, such as: "01" to ""
H-24 hours of hours, such as: "00" to "the"
g-12-hour system Hours, less than two digits does not complement 0; such as: "1" to "
G-24-hour system hours, less than two digits of 0, such as:" 0 "to" ""
I-minutes, such as: "00" to ""
J-days, two digits, if less than two digits do not fill 0, such as: "1" to " L-Days of the week, full name in English; such as: "Friday"
M-month, two digits, if less than two digits in front of the 0; such as: "01" to "the"
N-month, two digits, if less than two digits will not fill 0, such as: "1" to "the"
M-month, three English letters, such as: "Ja N "
S-sec; such as:" 00 "to" ("two")
S--the end of the word plus the English ordinal number, such as: "th", "nd"
T-Specify the number of days of the month, such as: "28" to "
U-Total seconds
W-Numeric type Days of the week, such as: "0" (Sunday) to "6" (Saturday)
Y-year, four digits, such as: "1999"
Y-year, two digits, such as: "" "
Z-the day of the year, such as:" 0 "to" 365 "