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<h1 class="refname">getdate</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">getdate</span> — <span class="dc-title">Get date/time information</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-function.getdate-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">array</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>getdate</strong></span>
([ <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter">$timestamp</code><span class="initializer"> = time()</span></span>
] )</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Returns an associative <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span> containing the date
information of the <code class="parameter">timestamp</code>, or the current
local time if no <code class="parameter">timestamp</code> is given.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-function.getdate-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<code class="parameter">timestamp</code></dt>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The optional <code class="parameter">timestamp</code> parameter is an
<span class="type"><a href="language.types.integer.html" class="type integer">integer</a></span> Unix timestamp that defaults to the current
local time if a <code class="parameter">timestamp</code> is not given. In other
words, it defaults to the value of <span class="function"><a href="function.time.html" class="function">time()</a></span>.
</p></dd>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-function.getdate-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns an associative <span class="type"><a href="language.types.array.html" class="type array">array</a></span> of information related to
the <code class="parameter">timestamp</code>. Elements from the returned
associative array are as follows:
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<p class="para">
<table class="doctable table">
<caption><strong>Key elements of the returned associative array</strong></caption>
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Key</th>
<th>Description</th>
<th>Example returned values</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody class="tbody">
<tr>
<td><em>"seconds"</em></td>
<td>Numeric representation of seconds</td>
<td><em>0</em> to <em>59</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>"minutes"</em></td>
<td>Numeric representation of minutes</td>
<td><em>0</em> to <em>59</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>"hours"</em></td>
<td>Numeric representation of hours</td>
<td><em>0</em> to <em>23</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>"mday"</em></td>
<td>Numeric representation of the day of the month</td>
<td><em>1</em> to <em>31</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>"wday"</em></td>
<td>Numeric representation of the day of the week</td>
<td><em>0</em> (for Sunday) through <em>6</em> (for Saturday)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>"mon"</em></td>
<td>Numeric representation of a month</td>
<td><em>1</em> through <em>12</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>"year"</em></td>
<td>A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits</td>
<td>Examples: <em>1999</em> or <em>2003</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>"yday"</em></td>
<td>Numeric representation of the day of the year</td>
<td><em>0</em> through <em>365</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>"weekday"</em></td>
<td>A full textual representation of the day of the week</td>
<td><em>Sunday</em> through <em>Saturday</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>"month"</em></td>
<td>A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March</td>
<td><em>January</em> through <em>December</em></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><em>0</em></td>
<td>
Seconds since the Unix Epoch, similar to the values returned by
<span class="function"><a href="function.time.html" class="function">time()</a></span> and used by <span class="function"><a href="function.date.html" class="function">date()</a></span>.
</td>
<td>
System Dependent, typically <em>-2147483648</em> through
<em>2147483647</em>.
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-function.getdate-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<p class="para">
<div class="example" id="example-2805">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>getdate()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
<div class="example-contents">
<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$today </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">getdate</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">print_r</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$today</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
</div>
<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
(
[seconds] => 40
[minutes] => 58
[hours] => 21
[mday] => 17
[wday] => 2
[mon] => 6
[year] => 2003
[yday] => 167
[weekday] => Tuesday
[month] => June
[0] => 1055901520
)
</pre></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-function.getdate-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.date.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">date()</a> - Format a local time/date</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.idate.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">idate()</a> - Format a local time/date as integer</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.localtime.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">localtime()</a> - Get the local time</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.time.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">time()</a> - Return current Unix timestamp</span></li>
<li class="member"><span class="function"><a href="function.setlocale.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">setlocale()</a> - Set locale information</span></li>
</ul>
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