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DateTime::getTimestamp

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7)

DateTime::getTimestamp -- DateTimeImmutable::getTimestamp -- DateTimeInterface::getTimestamp -- date_timestamp_get — Gets the Unix timestamp

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.

This function has no parameters.

Returns the Unix timestamp representing the date.

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

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

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