PHP | gmdate() Function (original) (raw)

Last Updated : 11 Jul, 2025

The gmdate() is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to format a GMT/UTC date and time and return the formatted date strings. It is similar to the date() function but it returns the time in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).Syntax:

string gmdate ( format,format, format,timestamp )

Parameters: The gmdate() function accepts two parameters as mentioned above and described below:

$format: It is a mandatory parameter which specifies the format of returned date and time.
$timestamp: Timestamp is an optional parameter, if it is not included then current date and time will be used.

Return Value: This function Returns a formatted date string on success and FALSE on failure and an E_WARNING. Below programs illustrate the gmdate() function.Program 1:

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Output:

Jun 25 2018 23:21:50 2018-06-25T23:21:50+00:00 2018-06-25T23:21:50+0000

Program 2: Passing one parameter, then it will return the current local time (time()).

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Output:

Jun 29 2018 06:32:34 2018-06-29T06:32:34+00:00 2018-06-29T06:32:34+0000