php.js : getdate() function
Description
The getdate() function accepts a timestamp and returns an associative array that contains date and time information.
Version
1103.1210
Syntax
getdate(timestamp)
Parameter
| Name | Description | Required / Optional |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| timestamp | Unix timestamp. Default value : current local time. |
Required | String |
Return value
Details are as follows:
| Key | Description | Example returned values |
|---|---|---|
| seconds | Numeric value of seconds. | 0 to 59 |
| minutes | Numeric value of minutes. | 0 to 59 |
| hours | Numeric value of hours. | 0 to 23 |
| mday | Numeric value of the day of the month. | 1 to 31 |
| wday& | Numeric value of the day of the week. | 0(for Sunday) through 6 (for Saturday) |
| mon | Numeric value of a month. | 1 through 12 |
| year | Four digit numeric value of a year. | Examples: 1999 or 2003 |
| yday | Numeric value of the day of the year. | 0 through 365 |
| weekday | Full name of the day of the week. | Sunday through Saturday |
| month | Full name of a month. | 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 |
Value Type : Array
Example of php.js getdate() function.
In the following web document getdate() function returns an associative array which contains date and time information. Here we use print_r() function to display the details of an array. print_r() belongs to variable.min.js file.
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<h1 style="color: green">php.js : getdate() function example</h1>
<h3>Date/time information</h3>
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<script type="text/javascript">
//This is done to make the following JavaScript code compatible to XHTML. <![CDATA[
x=getdate(1055901520);
print_r(x);
document.write('getdate(date("U"))')+'<br/>');
y=getdate(date("U"));
print_r(y);
//]]>
</script>
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Output of the function
getdate(1055901520) Array ( [seconds] => 40 [minutes] => 28 [hours] => 7 [mday] => 18 [wday] => 3 [mon] => 6 [year] => 2003 [yday] => 168 [weekday] => Wednesday [month] => June [0] => 1055901520 ) getdate(date("U")) Array ( [seconds] => 9 [minutes] => 26 [hours] => 18 [mday] => 22 [wday] => 5 [mon] => 7 [year] => 2011 [yday] => 202 [weekday] => Friday [month] => July [0] => 1311339369 )
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