How To Get Current Year In PHP
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The Date is an inbuilt function used to format the timestamp. The computer stores date and time in UNIX Timestamp. This time is measured as a number of seconds since Jan 1, 1970. Since this is impractical for humans to read, PHP converts timestamp to a format that is readable and more understandable to humans.
Syntax:
date(format, timestamp)
Explanation:
- The format parameter in the date() function specifies the format of returned date and time.
- The timestamp is an optional parameter. If it is not included then the current date and time will be used.
- In order to get the current year as four digits, Y is used as a parameter to date() function as shown in the below:
<?php
// PHP program to get the current year
// Store the year to the variable
$year = date("Y");
// Display the year
echo $year;
?>
Output: 2021
Format options available in date() function
The format parameter of the date() function is a string that can contain multiple characters allowing to generate dates in various formats are listed below:
- d – Represents the day of the month. It uses two digits with leading zeros (01 or 31).
- D – Represents day of the week in the text (Mon to Sun).
- m – Represents month in numbers with leading zeros (01 or 12).
- M – Represents month in text, abbreviated (Jan to Dec).
- y – Represents year in two digits (08 or 14).
- Y – Represents year in four digits (2008 or 2014).
