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DateTime::getTimestamp

DateTimeImmutable::getTimestamp

DateTimeInterface::getTimestamp

date_timestamp_get

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)

DateTime::getTimestamp -- DateTimeImmutable::getTimestamp -- DateTimeInterface::getTimestamp -- date_timestamp_getGets the Unix timestamp

Description

Object oriented style

public DateTime::getTimestamp ( ) : int
public DateTimeImmutable::getTimestamp ( ) : int
public DateTimeInterface::getTimestamp ( ) : int

Procedural style

date_timestamp_get ( DateTimeInterface $object ) : int

Gets the Unix timestamp.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the Unix timestamp representing the date.

Changelog

Version Description
8.0.0 These functions no longer return false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 DateTime::getTimestamp() example

Object oriented style

<?php
$date = new DateTime();
echo $date->getTimestamp();
?>

Procedural style

<?php
$date = date_create();
echo date_timestamp_get($date);
?>

The above examples will output something similar to:

1272509157

Notes

Using U as the parameter to DateTime::format() is an alternative when using PHP 5.2.

See Also

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https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.gettimestamp.php