Php/docs/function.gmdate
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gmdate
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
gmdate — Format a GMT/UTC date/time
Description
gmdate
( string $format
[, int $timestamp
= time()
] ) : string
Identical to the date() function except that the time returned is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Parameters
format
- The format of the outputted date string. See the formatting options for the date() function.
timestamp
- The optional
timestamp
parameter is an int Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if atimestamp
is not given. In other words, it defaults to the value of time().
Return Values
Returns a formatted date string. If a non-numeric value is used for
timestamp
, FALSE
is returned and an
E_WARNING
level error is emitted.
Examples
Example #1 gmdate() example
When run in Finland (GMT +0200), the first line below prints "Jan 01 1998 00:00:00", while the second prints "Dec 31 1997 22:00:00".
<?phpecho date("M d Y H:i:s", mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1998));echo gmdate("M d Y H:i:s", mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1998));?>
See Also
- date() - Format a local time/date
- mktime() - Get Unix timestamp for a date
- gmmktime() - Get Unix timestamp for a GMT date
- strftime() - Format a local time/date according to locale settings