strtotime("now");
// strtotime is a function that will take a string parameter
// that specifies a date, and returns a unix time stamp bassed
// on that
echo strtotime("2020-02-24");
// prints: 1582502400
<?php
$current_timestamp = time();
echo $current_timestamp;
?>
<?php
echo time();
?>
<?php
$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
// 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60 secs
echo 'Now: '. date('Y-m-d') ."
";
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."
";
// or using strtotime():
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) ."
";
?>
<?php
$date = date_create();
echo date_timestamp_get($date);
?>
echo $difference_in_seconds = strtotime('2016-11-30 11:55:06') - strtotime('2016-11-30 03:55:06');//28800
%Y - use for difference in year
%m - use for difference in months
%d - use for difference in days
%H - use for difference in hours
%i - use for difference in minutes
%s - use for difference in seconds