Php/docs/function.gettimeofday

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gettimeofday

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

gettimeofday — Get current time

Description

gettimeofday ([ bool $returnFloat = FALSE ] ) : mixed

This is an interface to gettimeofday(2). It returns an associative array containing the data returned from the system call.

Parameters

returnFloat

When set to TRUE, a float instead of an array is returned.

Return Values

By default an array is returned. If returnFloat is set, then a float is returned.

Array keys:

• "sec" - seconds since the Unix Epoch
• "usec" - microseconds
• "minuteswest" - minutes west of Greenwich
• "dsttime" - type of dst correction

Examples

Example #1 gettimeofday() example

<?phpprint_r(gettimeofday());echo gettimeofday(true);?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Array
(
    [sec] => 1073504408
    [usec] => 238215
    [minuteswest] => 0
    [dsttime] => 1
)

1073504408.23910