Date and time in PHP, plays an important role, where date and time matter. You can use date() function available in PHP to format
a date and/or time. Here is the general form to use date() function to format a timestamp to a more readable date and time in PHP:
Here, format is requred, specifies the format of the timestamp. And timestamp is an optional, specifies a timestamp.
PHP Date and Time Example
Let's look at the following example which formats today's date in three different ways:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo "Today is " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("Y.m.d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("Y-m-d") . "<br>";
?>
</body>
</html>
Here is the sample output produced by the above PHP script:
Automatic Update Copyright Year using PHP
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php echo "codescracker.com "; ?>
@ 2007-<?php echo date("Y")?>
</body>
</html>
Here is the sample output produced by the above PHP script:
codescracker.com @ 2007-
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