Hi there!
Today we are going to learn how you can write the date and time using PHP!
We will learn a function called the PHP date() function.
The function will be written out in the following format – date(format, timestamp)
What is a timestamp? A timestamp is an order of characters representing the date or time when a certain even happens.
Format is required. This is what specifies the format of the timestamp.
Timestamp is optional. It will specify a timestamp, but the default is the current date and time.
Let’s begin with an example that will get us a simple date!
Bellow you’ll see some characters that are often used for dates:
“d” can represent the day of the month
“m” can represent the month
“Y” can represent the year
“l” can represent the day of the week
If you’d like you can put in other characters like “/” “-” “.” etc… to give your date a clear format.
Let’s do an example together:
echo “Today is ” . date(“Y/m/d”) . “<br>”;
echo “Today is ” . date(“Y.m.d”) . “<br>”;
echo “Today is ” . date(“Y-m-d”) . “<br>”;
echo “Today is ” . date(“l”);
?>
The output of this php will be the following:
Today is 2015/05/26
Today is 2015.05.26
Today is 2015-05-26
Today is Tuesday
Good luck practicing dates! See you next time and we will talk about time!