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

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