Returns the Unix time stamp for the current time

PHP time () function
PHP date/time function
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.
Tips and comments
Tip: The timestamp that originated at the time of the request was saved from PHP 5.1 in $_server[' Request_time '.
Example
Example 1
<?php Tutorial
$t =time ();
Echo ($t. "<br/>");
Echo (Date ("D F D Y", $t));
?> output:

1138618081
Mon January 30 2006 Example 2
<?php
$nextWeek = time () + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60); 7 days; Hours; mins; 60secs
Echo ' Now: '. Date (' y-m-d '). " ";
Echo ' Next Week: '. Date (' y-m-d ', $nextWeek). " ";
?> output:

Now:2005-03-30
Next week:2005-04-07