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getdate -- Get date/time information

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array getdate ( [int timestamp] )

Returns an associative array containing the date information of the timestamp, or the current local time if no timestamp is given, as the following associative array elements:

Table 1. Key elements of the returned associative array

Key	Description	Example returned values
`"seconds"`	Numeric representation of seconds	`0` to `59`
`"minutes"`	Numeric representation of minutes	`0` to `59`
`"hours"`	Numeric representation of hours	`0` to `23`
`"mday"`	Numeric representation of the day of the month	`1` to `31`
`"wday"`	Numeric representation of the day of the week	`0` (for Sunday) through `6` (for Saturday)
`"mon"`	Numeric representation of a month	`1` through `12`
`"year"`	A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits	Examples: `1999` or `2003`
`"yday"`	Numeric representation of the day of the year	`0` through `365`
`"weekday"`	A full textual representation of the day of the week	`Sunday` through `Saturday`
`"month"`	A full textual representation of a month, such as January or March	`January` through `December`
`0`	Seconds since the Unix Epoch, similar to the values returned by time() and used by date().	System Dependent, typically `-2147483648` through `2147483647`.

Example 1. getdate() example


<?php
$today = getdate();
print_r($today);
?>

The above example will output something similar to:

Array
(
    [seconds] => 40
    [minutes] => 58
    [hours]   => 21
    [mday]    => 17
    [wday]    => 2
    [mon]     => 6
    [year]    => 2003
    [yday]    => 167
    [weekday] => Tuesday
    [month]   => June
    [0]       => 1055901520
)

See also date(), time(), and setlocale().

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