PHP time function

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time

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

time — Return current Unix timestampDescriptionint time ( void )

Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since
the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).

Examples

Example 1. time() example

$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
                   // 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60secs
echo 'Now:       '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";
// or using strtotime():
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) ."\n";

The above example will output
something similar to:

Now: 2005-03-30
Next Week: 2005-04-06
Next Week: 2005-04-06

Notes

Tip:
Timestamp of the start of the request is available in
$_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] since PHP 5.1.

See Also

date()microtime()


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2.26.07 / 12am
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