PHP getdate() Function: Retrieve Date and Time Information

The getdate() function in PHP returns an associative array containing date and time information derived from a given Unix timestamp, or the current local time if no timestamp is provided.

Parameters timestamp (optional) – an integer Unix timestamp; if omitted, the function uses the current time returned by time().

Return value

An associative array with keys such as seconds, minutes, hours, mday, wday, mon, year, etc., representing the corresponding components of the date and time.

Example

<?php
$today = getdate();
print_r($today);
?>

Sample output

Array
(
    [seconds] => 40
    [minutes] => 58
    [hours] => 21
    [mday] => 17
    [wday] => 2
    [mon] => 6
    [year] => 2003
    [yday] => 167
    [weekday] => Tuesday
    [month] => June
    [0] => 1055901520
)