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strtotime	timezone_abbreviations_list

	Last updated: Thu, 26 Jun 2008

time

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

time — Return current Unix timestamp

Description

int time ( void )

Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).

Examples

Example #1 time() example


<?php

$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);

                   // 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60secs

echo 'Now:       '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";

echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";

// or using strtotime():

echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) ."\n";

?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Now:       2005-03-30
Next Week: 2005-04-06
Next Week: 2005-04-06

Notes

Tip

Timestamp of the start of the request is available in $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] since PHP 5.1.

time

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