In PHP to format a date or a time, ‘date( )’ function is used. This function makes time and date easy to read. Commonly used characters for dates : d, m, y, l (small L). Here, ‘d’ represents day, ‘m’ represents month, ‘y’ represents year and ‘l’ represents day of week.
And for additional formatting characters such as :- [ “/”, “.”, or “-” ] can be used.
SIMPLE DATE FORMAT
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo "Today is " . date("Y/m/d") . "<br>";
echo "Today is " . date("l");
?>
</body>
</html>
Output :
Copyright Year (Auto)
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
© 2010-<?php echo date("Y");?> Code-Projects.org
</body>
</html>
Output :
Normal Time
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa");
?>
</body>
</html>
Output :
