PHP, How to get current date in certain format

Question

2011-03-04 21:00:40

I want to get current date and time in the above format. How do I do this in PHP?

Googling "php date format" brings up http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php as the first hit — Pekka, Mar 05 '11 at 21:18
[Overview of PHP date/time functions](http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.datetime.php) — Pekka, Mar 05 '11 at 21:18
From which value do you want to convert? Actual date? Stored value in some variable? — Fran Verona, Mar 05 '11 at 21:20

score 126 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 05 '11 at 21:20

126

date('Y-m-d H:i:s'). See the manual for more.

answered Mar 05 '11 at 21:20

Anomie

score 18 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 20 '18 at 02:42

18

date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // This should do it.

edited Dec 20 '18 at 02:42

zardilior

answered Mar 05 '11 at 21:20

KJYe.Name

score 11 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 05 '11 at 21:23

11

I belive the answer is:

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

answered Mar 05 '11 at 21:23

Patrick Beardmore

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