time

Definition and usage

time() function returns the number of seconds of the current time since the Unix epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).

Example

Returns the Unix timestamp of the current time and formats it as a date:

 <?php
$t = time ( ) ;
echo ( $t . "<br>" ) ;
echo ( date ( "Ymd" , $t ) ) ;
?>

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grammar

 time ( ) ;