PHP gatedate Function Tutorial

gatedate Function

The getdate() function returns an array that contains date ten elements with relevant information needed when formatting a date string:
      [seconds] - seconds
      [minutes] - minutes
      [hours] - hours
      [mday] - day of the month (numeric) 
      [wday] - day of the week (numeric) 
      [mon] - month 
      [year] - year
      [yday] - day of the year (numeric) 
      [weekday] - name of the weekday
      [month] - name of the month
Syntax
getdate(timestamp)
timestamp is optional.

Example: 1

<?php
print_r(getdate());
?>

Output

Array ( [seconds] => 51 [minutes] => 58 [hours] => 2 [mday] => 30 [wday] => 1 [mon] => 4 [year] => 2012 [yday] => 120 [weekday] => Monday [month] => April [0] => 1335769131 ) 

Example: 2

       <?php
       $today = getdate();
       $Month = $today['month'];
       $Day = $today['mday'];
       $Year = $today['year'];
       $Hour = $today['hours'];
       $Minutes = $today['minutes'];
       $Seconds = $today['seconds'];
       echo "Today's date is $Day $Month $Year"."<br>";
       echo "The time is now $Hour $Minutes $Seconds";
       ?>

Output

Today's date is 30 April 2012
The time is now 2 58 51