PHP - localtime() Function

September 23, 2024

Categories: PHP Functions, PHP Reference, Reference

Quick Reference

The PHP localtime() function returns the local time.

<?php
print_r(localtime(time(), true));
?>

Output

Array ( [tm_sec] => 30 [tm_min] => 5 [tm_hour] => 19 [tm_mday] => 27 [tm_mon] => 8 [tm_year] => 123 [tm_wday] => 3 [tm_yday] => 269 [tm_isdst] => 0 )

Syntax

localtime(timestamp, is_assoc)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
timestamp	Specifies a Unix timestamp that represents the date and/or time to be formatted (default is the current local time)
is_assoc	Specifies whether to return an associative or indexed array; FALSE = indexed array (default); TRUE = the array associative array The keys of the associative array are: [tm_sec] - seconds [tm_min] - minutes [tm_hour] - hour [tm_mday] - day of the month [tm_mon] - month of the year (January=0) [tm_year] - Years since 1900 [tm_wday] - Day of the week (Sunday=0) [tm_yday] - Day of the year [tm_isdst] - Is daylight savings time in effect

Parameter

Description

timestamp

Specifies a Unix timestamp that represents the date and/or time to be formatted (default is the current local time)

is_assoc

Specifies whether to return an associative or indexed array; FALSE = indexed array (default); TRUE = the array associative array

The keys of the associative array are:

[tm_sec] - seconds

[tm_min] - minutes

[tm_hour] - hour

[tm_mday] - day of the month

[tm_mon] - month of the year (January=0)

[tm_year] - Years since 1900

[tm_wday] - Day of the week (Sunday=0)

[tm_yday] - Day of the year

[tm_isdst] - Is daylight savings time in effect

PHP Notes:

When using PHP, single or double quotation marks are acceptable and work identically to one another; choose whichever you prefer, and stay consistent
Arrays count starting from zero NOT one; so item 1 is position [0], item 2 is position [1], and item 3 is position [2] … and so on

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