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date statement

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Overview

The date statement can be used to display the date and time.

Usage

Function date () is used in different ways. It always returns a string corresponding to what we asked him (hour, day, month, etc. ...).
Important: the returned parameters are those returned from the server.
To work, the function requires one or more of the following parameters:

Char	Meaning	Possible values
Day
j	Day of the month on two digits without leading zeros	1 to 31
d	Day of the month on two digits with leading zeros	01 to 31
l	(L tiny) Day of the week (english)	Sunday to Saturday
w	Day of week in digital format	0 (sunday) to 6 (saturday)
z	Day of the week	0 to 366
Week
W	Week number, for current month (weeks are starting on mondays)	Example : 42 (week 42 of the year)
Months
F	Month, textual	January to December
m	Month, in numerical format, with leading zeros	01 to 12
n	Month, in numerical format, without leading zeros	1 to 12
t	Number of days, in the month	28 to 31
Year
L	Is it a leap year?	1 if leap, else: 0.
Y	Year, with 4 digits	Examples : 1999 and 2003
y	Year, with 2 digits	Examples : 99 and 03
Time
a	Ante meridian and post meridian (lower)	am or pm
A	Ante meridian and post meridian (upper)	AM or PM
g	Hour (12h format) without leading zeros	1 to 12
G	Hour (24h format) without leading zeos	0 to 23
h	Hour (12h format) with leading zeros	01 to 12
H	Hour (24h format) with leading zeros	00 to 23
s	Seconds, with leading zeros	00 to 59
i	Minutes, with leading zeros	00 to 59

Code Examples:

<?php
  echo date('Y'); //Will display current year (4 digits)
?>
 
<?php
  echo date('m').' '.date('Y'); //display the month on two digits and the current year in 4 digits
?>
 
<?php
  echo date('m Y'); //display the month on two digits and the current year in 4 digits
?>
 
<?php
  echo date('m/Y');
?>
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