current date function in php

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$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a");   // October 30, 2019, 10:42 pm
$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Wed Oct 30 22:42:18 UTC 2019
$today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");     // 2019-10-30 22:42:18(MySQL DATETIME format)$dateTime = new \DateTime();
/**
 * You can get the string by using format
 */
$dateTime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');// 1. create a date instance
$date = new DateTime;

// 2. set the date using the setDate(year, month, date) method on the
//    $date instance
$date->setDate(1999,02,19);date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata'); 
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // time in Indiacheck here link:   http://www.eltcalendar.com/stuff/datemysqlphp.html
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