When Time Began: The PHP Date Function

PHP has a wonderful function called date(). It simply returns a date, in the format you request, and you can either print it or store it in a variable for later. On its face the date() function is quite simple, but it can be incredibly flexible as well. Let’s take a look at some options.

The formatting of the date output is controlled simply by giving it some letters, like this:

{codecitation}<?php echo date( ‘j F, Y’ ); ?>{/codecitation}



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