<?php
echo date("F j, Y, g:i a")."<br>"; // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
echo date("m.d.y")."<br>"; // 03.10.01
echo date("j, n, Y")."<br>"; // 10, 3, 2001
echo date("Ymd")."<br>"; // 20010310
echo date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day')."<br>"; // 05-16-18, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Satpm01
echo date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.')."<br>"; // it is the 10th day.
echo date("D M j G:i:s T Y")."<br>"; // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2001
echo date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h')."<br>"; // 17:03:18 m is month
echo date("H:i:s")."<br>"; // 17:16:18
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s")."<br>"; // 2001-03-10 17:16:18 (the MySQL DATETIME format)
<?php
// set the default timezone to use. Available since PHP 5.1
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
// Prints something like: Monday
echo date("l");
// Prints something like: Monday 8th of August 2005 03:12:46 PM
echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');
// Prints: July 1, 2000 is on a Saturday
echo "July 1, 2000 is on a " . date("l", mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
/* use the constants in the format parameter */
// prints something like: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:28:57 -0700
echo date(DATE_RFC2822);
// prints something like: 2000-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
echo date(DATE_ATOM, mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
?>