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PHP Date Time Functions
PHP Date Time Functions
There are various functions that are used to display the time and date in the PHP language and that are called as PHP Date/Time Functions. These functions are used to fetch the time and date from the server where the PHP script runs.
| Function | Description |
|---|---|
| checkdate() | This function is used to validates a Gregorian date |
| date_add() | This function is used to add days, months, years, hours, minutes, and seconds to a date |
| date_create_from_format() | This function is used to return a new DateTime object formatted according to a specified format |
| date_create() | It is used to return a new DateTime object |
| date_date_set() | This is basically used to set a new date |
| date_default_timezone_get() | This is the function that is used to return the default timezone used by all date/time functions |
| date_default_timezone_set() | This is the function that generally sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions |
| date_diff() | This function is used to return the difference between two dates |
| date_format() | This function is used to return a date formatted according to a specified format |
| date_get_last_errors() | This function is used to return the warnings/errors found in a date string |
| date_interval_create_from_date_string() | This function use lies in setting up a DateInterval from the relative parts of the string |
| date_interval_format() | This is the function that is generally used to format the interval |
| date_isodate_set() | It is generally used to set the ISO date |
| date_modify() | This function is basically used to modify the timestamp |
| date_offset_get() | This function is used to return the timezone offset |
| date_parse_from_format() | This function is used to return an associative array with detailed info about a specified date, according to a specified format |
| date_parse() | This function is used to return an associative array with detailed info about a specified date |
| date_sub() | It is the function that is generally used to subtract the days, months, years, hours, minutes, and seconds from a date |
| date_sun_info() | This function is used to return an array containing info about sunset/sunrise and twilight begin/end, for a specified day and location |
| date_sunrise() | This function is used to return the sunrise time for a specified day and location |
| date_sunset() | This function is used to return the sunset time for a specified day and location |
| date_time_set() | It is used to set the time |
| date_timestamp_get() | It is used to return the Unix timestamp |
| date_timestamp_set() | It is used to set the date and time based on a Unix timestamp |
| date_timezone_get() | It is used to return the time zone of the given DateTime object |
| date_timezone_set() | It is used to set the time zone for the DateTime object |
| date() | This is the function that is used to format a local date and time |
| getdate() | This function is basically used to return date/time information of a timestamp or the current local date/time |
| gettimeofday() | This function is basically used to return the current time |
| gmdate() | This is the function that is used to format a GMT/UTC date and time |
| gmmktime() | This function is basically used to return the Unix timestamp for a GMT date |
| gmstrftime() | This is the function that is used to format a GMT/UTC date and time according to locale settings |
| idate() | This is the function that is used to format a local time/date as integer |
| localtime() | It is the function that is generally used to return the local time |
| microtime() | It is the function that is generally used to return the current Unix timestamp with microseconds |
| mktime() | It is the function that is generally used to return the Unix timestamp for a date |
| strftime() | It is the function that is generally used to format a local time and/or date according to locale settings |
| strptime() | This function is used to parse a time/date generated with strftime() |
| strtotime() | This function is used to parse an English textual datetime into a Unix timestamp |
| time() | This function is basically used to return the current time as a Unix timestamp |
| timezone_abbreviations_list() | It is basically used to return an associative array containing dst, offset, and the timezone name |
| timezone_identifiers_list() | This function is used to return an indexed array with all timezone identifiers |
| timezone_location_get() | It is the function that is generally used to return location information for a specified timezone |
| timezone_name_from_ abbr() | This function of PHP date and time is used to return the timezone name from abbreviation |
| timezone_name_get() | This function is known to return the name of the timezone |
| timezone_offset_get() | This function is known the timezone offset from GMT |
| timezone_open() | This function generally creates a new DateTimeZone object |
| timezone_transitions_get() | This function is generally used to return all transitions for the timezone |
| timezone_version_get() | This is the function that is majorly used to return the version of the timezonedb |
PHP Date Time Functions Index
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