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<h1 class="refname">DateTime::getTimestamp</h1>
<h1 class="refname">DateTimeImmutable::getTimestamp</h1>
<h1 class="refname">DateTimeInterface::getTimestamp</h1>
<h1 class="refname">date_timestamp_get</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DateTime::getTimestamp</span> -- <span class="refname">DateTimeImmutable::getTimestamp</span> -- <span class="refname">DateTimeInterface::getTimestamp</span> -- <span class="refname">date_timestamp_get</span> — <span class="dc-title">Gets the Unix timestamp</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-datetime.gettimestamp-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DateTime::getTimestamp</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DateTimeImmutable::getTimestamp</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DateTimeInterface::getTimestamp</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam">void</span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><a href="function.date-timestamp-get.html" class="methodname">date_timestamp_get</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.datetimeinterface.html" class="type DateTimeInterface">DateTimeInterface</a></span> <code class="parameter">$object</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Gets the Unix timestamp.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-datetime.gettimestamp-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">This function has no parameters.</p>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-datetime.gettimestamp-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns the Unix timestamp representing the date.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-datetime.gettimestamp-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>DateTime::getTimestamp()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents"><p>Object oriented style</p></div>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$date </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTime</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getTimestamp</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>Procedural style</p></div>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$date </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">date_create</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">date_timestamp_get</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$date</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 examples will output
something similar to:</p></div>
<div class="example-contents screen">
<div class="cdata"><pre>
1272509157
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<div class="refsect1 notes" id="refsect1-datetime.gettimestamp-notes">
<h3 class="title">Notes</h3>
<p class="para">
Using <em>U</em> as the parameter to
<span class="function"><a href="datetime.format.html" class="function">DateTime::format()</a></span>
is an alternative when using PHP 5.2.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-datetime.gettimestamp-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="datetime.settimestamp.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DateTime::setTimestamp()</a> - Sets the date and time based on an Unix timestamp</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="datetime.format.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">DateTime::format()</a> - Returns date formatted according to given format</span></li>
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