Converting a Time Stamp with getdate

Converting a Time Stamp with getdate():

The function getdate() optionally accepts a time stamp and returns an associative array containing information about the date. If you omit the time stamp, it works with the current time stamp as returned by time().
Following table lists the elements contained in the array returned by getdate().

Key	Description	Example
seconds	Seconds past the minutes (0-59)	20
minutes	Minutes past the hour (0 - 59)	29
hours	Hours of the day (0 - 23)	22
mday	Day of the month (1 - 31)	11
wday	Day of the week (0 - 6)	4
mon	Month of the year (1 - 12)	7
year	Year (4 digits)	1997
yday	Day of year ( 0 - 365 )	19
weekday	Day of the week	Thursday
month	Month of the year	January
0	Timestamp	948370048

Now you have complete control over date and time. You can format this date and time in whatever format you wan.

Example:

Try out following example

<?php $date_array = getdate(); foreach ( $date_array as $key => $val ) { print "$key = $val<br />"; } $formated_date = "Today's date: "; $formated_date .= $date_array[mday] . "/"; $formated_date .= $date_array[mon] . "/"; $formated_date .= $date_array[year]; print $formated_date; ?>

It will produce following result:

seconds = 27
minutes = 25
hours = 11
mday = 12
wday = 6
mon = 5
year = 2007
yday = 131
weekday = Saturday
month = May
0 = 1178994327
Today's date: 12/5/2007