PHP: easter_date() function

Get Unix timestamp for midnight on Easter of a given year

The easter_date() returns the Unix timestamp corresponding to midnight on Easter for the given year.
If you want to calculate Easter before 1970 or after 2037 (i.e. Unix timestamps) use easter_days() instead of easter_date().

Version:

(PHP 4 and above)

Syntax:

easter_date (year)

Parameters:

Return value:

The easter date as a unix timestamp.

Value Type: Integer.

Example:

<?php
$date = easter_date (2005);
echo (date('M, d', $date).'<br />');
echo (date("M-d-Y",easter_date(2008)).'<br />');
echo (date("M-d-Y",easter_date(2007)) . '<br />');
echo (date("M-d-Y",easter_date(2006)) . '<br />');
?>

Sample Output:

Mar, 26
Mar-22-2008
Apr-07-2007
Apr-15-2006

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See also

PHP Function Reference

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