Current Datetime in PHP

Question

I can't just make this work.

How can i display the current date in PHP in the format YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

Regards

Matt

Atli · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-11 14:08:36Z

4

Try

echo date('YmdHis');

answered Dec 11, 2009 at 14:08

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Dominic Rodger · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-11 14:09:16Z

echo date("YmdHis");

That'll display the current date in the format you asked for in the timezone of whatever machine PHP is running on.