GETS the date/time information of a specific instant.
<?php
arr getdate ( int|null $timestamp = null )
where,
$timestamp = The UNIX timestamp
?>
| KEY | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLE RETURNED |
| seconds | Numeric representation of seconds | 0 to 59 |
| minutes | Numeric representation of minutes | 0 to 59 |
| hours | Numeric representation of hours | 0 to 23 |
| mday | Numeric representation of the day of the month | 1 to 31 |
| wday | Numeric representation of the day of the week | 0 for Sunday ... 6 for Saturday |
| mon | Numeric representation of a month | 1 to 12 |
| year | A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits | 1998 ... 2019 |
| yday | Numeric representation of the day of the year | 0 to 365 |
| weekday | A full textual representation of the day of the week | Sunday ... Saturday |
| month | A full textual representation of a month | January ... December |
| 0 | Seconds since the Unix Epoch | System Dependent |
| ed48 | ||
EXERCISE
<?php
setlocale(LC_ALL, "en_US", "american", "american english", "american-english", "english-american", "english-us", "english-usa", "enu", "us", "usa");
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
$defatz = date_default_timezone_get();
$df_getdate = getdate();
echo $defatz . '<br><br>';
echo '<pre>';
print_r($df_getdate);
echo '<pre><br><br>';
setlocale(LC_ALL, "pt_BR.utf-8", "portuguese-brazil", "ptb");
date_default_timezone_set('America/Sao_Paulo');
$newtz = date_default_timezone_get();
$br_getdate = getdate();
echo $newtz . '<br><br>';
echo '<pre>';
print_r($br_getdate);
echo '<pre><br><br>';
/* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
NOTE that it is useless indicate LOCALE, therefore,
both results are identical.
This function is only dependent on the TimeZone.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - */
?>
EXERCISE
<table width="100%" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5"
border="1" align="center"><tbody>
<tr><td width="50%">KEY</td><td width="50%">ACTUAL VALUE</td></tr>
<?php
$now = getdate();
foreach ($now as $nw => $n)
{
echo '<tr><td>' . $nw . '</td><td>' . $n . '</td></tr>';
}
?>
<tr><td colspan="2">ed48</td></tr></tbody></table>