DateTime::getTimestamp

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0)

DateTime::getTimestampGets the Unix timestamp

Description

Object oriented style

public int DateTime::getTimestamp ( void )

Procedural style

int date_timestamp_get ( DateTime $object )

Gets the Unix timestamp.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

Returns the Unix timestamp representing the date.

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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