PHP, how to get current time only in certain format

Question

I want that system will display current time in (hh:mm:ss) format where 'hh' is for hours, 'mm' is for minutes', 'ss' is for seconds.

I have used time() function.

Here is my code :

<?php
$t=time();
echo($t);
?>

but it is displaying the current time as '1403245168'

Please help me out how can i change this time in another format. Thanks

i dont want today's date, i just want the current time only. — deepak.mr888, Jun 20 '14 at 06:36
`$today = date("H:i:s");` http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php — Paul Dessert, Jun 20 '14 at 06:37

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '14 at 06:37

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Use date function:

<?php
    date("H:i:s"); //Hours:minutes:seconds
?>

answered Jun 20 '14 at 06:37

Sal00m

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@user3454311 If the answer is correct, mark as correct please. Thanks – Sal00m Jun 20 '14 at 10:14

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 20 '14 at 07:01

The function time() returns always timestamp that is timezone independent (=UTC). For details follow time() in php. To convert timestamp to h:m:s format

echo "UTC:".time(); 
$secs=time();
$h=$secs / 3600 % 24;
$m=$secs / 60 % 60;
$s= $secs % 60;
echo "time=".$h.":".$m.":".$s;

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 20 '14 at 06:38

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Try as follows , You can use both the $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] variable or the time()function. Both of these return a Unix timestamp.

Most of the time these two solutions will yield the exact same Unix Timestamp. The difference between these is that $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] returns the time stamp of the most recent server request and time() returns the current time. This may create minor differences in accuracy depending on your application, but for most cases both of these solutions should suffice.

echo date("h:i:s", time());

http://us.php.net/date

answered Jun 20 '14 at 06:38

Arshid KV

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That second argument is not needed in this case. Its already the default value. – Hanky Panky Jun 20 '14 at 06:38
why do you calling time() in the second argument? – Vignesh Jun 20 '14 at 06:39

score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 20 '14 at 06:38

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php -r 'echo date("H:i:s", time());'

Note that this will yell about time zone, you should use date_default_timezone_set() to set it. Also note that time() is the default argument, so it's unnecessary unless you use a different epoch timestamp.

answered Jun 20 '14 at 06:38

fin

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Vignesh · Answer 5 · 2014-10-28T08:37:44.460

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use Date function with required parameters.

<?php echo date('H:i:s');
?>

here you can see the full parameters description

edited Oct 28 '14 at 08:37

answered Jun 20 '14 at 06:39

Vignesh

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why the hell an downvote? what is the reason? – Vignesh Jun 20 '14 at 06:40
Your answer will return the date and time. OP is looking for time only – Paul Dessert Jun 20 '14 at 06:41
I gave an link to the parameter description, he will read it on his own and decide what he want. you should downvote if the answer is completely irrelavant. read the guidlines. just because it returns the date it doesn't mean this is irrelavant. – Vignesh Jun 20 '14 at 06:43

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