Current Time in DateTime PHP

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Is this the correct way to get the current time in PHP using DateTime?

$currenttime = new DateTime(); $currenttime2 = $currenttime->format('H:i:s');

You'll probably want to prefix it with date_default_timezone_set("America/New York"); or whatever your timezone is. Other than that it should be fine. php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php — Travis Hegner
– Travis Hegner, Commented Aug 7, 2013 at 19:20

James R · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-07 19:10:32Z

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I believe you can do it like this

$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

answered Aug 7, 2013 at 19:10

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nshah Over a year ago

but thats not DateTime right? because i need to compare it with another DateTime() object...

kwolfe Over a year ago

If you want to compare, then you must use $currenttime, don't recreate $currenttime2 as that is a string, not an object. $currenttime = new DateTime(); creates a DateTime object with the current time as default.

kwolfe · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-07 19:11:20Z

This will set the time based on your date time settings in php.ini. Do a var_dump of $currenttime after creation to see what I mean. You may also use microtime(true); to obtain a unix timestamp, which can be converted using other functions.

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