Showing posts with label Date and Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Date and Time. Show all posts

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Displaying dates and times in PHP

Example code:
date_default_timezone_set("Asia/Singapore");
$today = date("d-F-Y");
$timenow = date("H:i:s A");
<p>The date and time now is <?php echo $today?> <?php echo $timenow?></p>

Refer to the timezones here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.asia.php
Refer to the full date functions php reference here: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
Symbol
Meaning
Example
F
Month in text, not abbreviated
January
M
Month in text, abbreviated
Jan
m
Month in numbers with leading zeros
02, 12
n
Month in numbers without leading zeros
1, 12
d
Day of the month; two digits with leading zeros
01, 14
j
Day of the month without leading zeros
3, 30
l
Day of the week in text, not abbreviated
Friday
D
Day of the week in text, abbreviated
Fri
w
Day of the week in numbers
From 0 (Sunday) to 6 (Saturday)
Y
Year in four digits
2011
y
Year in two digits
11
g
Hour between 0 and 12 without leading zeros
1, 11
G
Hour between 0 and 24 without leading zeros
2, 15
h
Hour between 0 and 12 with leading zeros
02, 10
H
Hour between 0 and 24 with leading zeros
00, 23
i
Minutes
00, 59
s
Seconds
00, 59
a
am or pm in lowercase
am, pm
A
AM or PM in uppercase
AM, PM