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<h1 class="refname">gettimeofday</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">gettimeofday</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get current time</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.gettimeofday-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>gettimeofday</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">bool</span> <code class="parameter">$return_float</code><span class="initializer"> = false</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
This is an interface to gettimeofday(2). It returns an
associative array containing the data returned from the system
call.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.gettimeofday-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">return_float</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
When set to <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong>, a float instead of an array is returned.
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</dd>
</dt>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.gettimeofday-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
By default an <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span> is returned. If <em><code class="parameter">return_float</code></em>
is set, then a <span class="type"><a href="language.types.float.html" class="type float">float</a></span> is returned.
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<p class="para">
Array keys:
<ul class="itemizedlist">
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"sec" - seconds since the Unix Epoch
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"usec" - microseconds
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"minuteswest" - minutes west of Greenwich
</span>
</li>
<li class="listitem">
<span class="simpara">
"dsttime" - type of dst correction
</span>
</li>
</ul>
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<div class="refsect1 changelog" id="refsect1-function.gettimeofday-changelog">
<h3 class="title">Changelog</h3>
<p class="para">
<table class="doctable informaltable">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Version</th>
<th>Description</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="tbody">
<tr>
<td>5.1.0</td>
<td>
The <em><code class="parameter">return_float</code></em> parameter was added.
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</tr>
</tbody>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.gettimeofday-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>gettimeofday()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">gettimeofday</span><span style="color: #007700">());<br /><br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">gettimeofday</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">true</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output
something similar to:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
Array
(
[sec] => 1073504408
[usec] => 238215
[minuteswest] => 0
[dsttime] => 1
)
1073504408.23910
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