PHP Date Function Tutorial

Date Function

To display in numeric format:
1. d, a lower case d, stands for date of the month( 1 to 31).
2. m, a lower case m, stands for the month( 1 to 12).
3. y, a lower case y, stands for the year(in two digits).

To display in text format:
1. D, a capital D, stands for day of the month in tex( Saturday, Sunday, etc. ).
2. M,a capital M, stands for the month in text( 1 to 12).
3. Y, Capital Y, stands for date of the year(in four digits).

To display in numeric format:

Example: 1

        <?php
        echo date("d/m/y");
        ?>

Output

30/04/12

You can change the format like period.

Example: 2

        <?php
        echo date("d.m.y");
        ?>

Output

30.04.12

You can also use minus sign.

Example: 3

        <?php
        echo date("d-m-y");
        ?>}

Output

30-04-12

To display in text format:

Example: 1

        <?php
        echo date("D/M/Y");
        ?>

Output

Mon/Apr/2012

You can change the format like period.

Example: 2

        <?php
        echo date("D.M.Y");
        ?>

Output

Mon.Apr.2012

You can also use minus sign.

Example: 3

        <?php
        echo date("D-M-Y");
        ?>}

Output

Mon-Apr-2012 

To display full date:

Example: 4

        <?php
        echo date("d D M Y");
        ?>}

Output

30 Mon Apr 2012 

The following example will output "Have a nice weekend!" if the current day is Sunday, otherwise it will output "Have a nice day!":

Example: 5

<?php

$d=date("D");

if ($d=="Sun")

  echo "Have a nice weekend!";

else

  echo "Have a nice day!";

?>

Output

Have a nice day!