PHP Dates and times examples

dates.php

<?php
// Full documentation: 
// http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

// Set timezone to avoid PHP warning
date_default_timezone_set( 'Europe/London' );
date_default_timezone_set( 'Europe/Madrid' );



// 2014-12-31 23:59:59 (MySQL datetime)
date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s' );
date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', time() );
// reverse
strtotime( $date );

// Thursday, 10 March 2016 (15:28:46)
date( 'l, j F Y (H:i:s)' );

// Wednesday, 29th of June 2016 at 12:30h
date( 'l, jS \of F Y \a\t h:i\h' );

// Monday 31th of July 2014 23:59:59 PM
date( 'l jS \of F Y h:i:s A' );

// Nov 12th, 17:32
date('M jS, H:i');

// July 31th
date( 'F jS' );

// 31/12/2014
date( 'd/m/Y' );

// 31/12/14 23:59:59
date( 'd/m/y H:i:s' );