How to get the current time and date through php?

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Get current date and time in PHP

Which function in php can return the curretn date?

so that it takes time which should be in users country there should not be any default time

None of the answers address: "it takes time which should be **in users country**" — Mike B, Jan 09 '13 at 13:53
This is something you could find with a single Google search. — Jules, Jan 10 '13 at 17:27

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 09 '13 at 13:40

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You can try this-

echo date('Y-m-d h-i-s');

It will give something like : "2013-01-09 01-16-26"

answered Jan 09 '13 at 13:40

Suresh Kamrushi

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does the timezone would be different for different country users or would it be some default time? – user1958711 Jan 09 '13 at 13:42
The timezone will be the one the server's set to – user1909426 Jan 09 '13 at 13:44
For different country PHP have different timezone you need to set it in php.ini file – Suresh Kamrushi Jan 09 '13 at 13:44

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '13 at 13:44

[a] strftime(): Format a local time/date according to locale settings

[b] date : Format a local time/date

    <?php
    print date('r');
    print "\\n";
    print date('D, d M Y H:i:s T');
    print "\\n";
   ?>

Output:

   Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:29:56 +0530
   Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:35:14 IST

and

  <?php
   print strftime('%c');
  ?>

Output:

   Mon Apr 23 01:22:58 2007

demo date

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 09 '13 at 13:47

First you need to set the time zone using date_default_timezone_set() function in php Then you need to get the date where ever you need using date() function. Thats all..

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/kolkata');
echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

This will give you something like this

2013-01-09 19:15:48

How to get the current time and date through php?

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