Return current Unix timestamp (original) (raw)

time

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

time — Return current Unix timestamp

Description

time ( void ) : int

Examples

Example #1 time() example

<?php $nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60); // 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60 secs 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

See Also

• date() - Format a local time/date
• microtime() - Return current Unix timestamp with microseconds