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Date functions in php

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<?

php

// Set the default timezone

Date_default_timezone_set(‘Asia/Kolkata’);

// Get the current date and time

Echo “Current Date and Time: “ . date(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’) . “\n”;

// Create a DateTime object

$date = date_create(‘2024-11-12’);

// Format the date

Echo “Formatted Date: “ . date_format($date, ‘l, F jS, Y’) . “\n”;

// Add 10 days to the date

Date_add($date, date_interval_create_from_date_string(’10 days’));

Echo “Date after adding 10 days: “ . date_format($date, ‘Y-m-d’) . “\n”;

// Subtract 5 days from the date

Date_sub($date, date_interval_create_from_date_string(‘5 days’));

Echo “Date after subtracting 5 days: “ . date_format($date, ‘Y-m-d’) . “\n”;

// Get the difference between two dates

$date1 = date_create(‘2024-11-12’);

$date2 = date_create(‘2024-12-25’);

$diff = date_diff($date1, $date2);

Echo “Difference between dates: “ . $diff->format(‘%R%a days’) . “\n”;

// Get the sunrise and sunset times

$sun_info = date_sun_info(time(), 12.9716, 77.5946);


Echo “Sunrise: “ . date(‘H:i:s’, $sun_info[‘sunrise’]) . “\n”;

Echo “Sunset: “ . date(‘H:i:s’, $sun_info[‘sunset’]) . “\n”;

// Get the current Unix timestamp

Echo “Current Unix Timestamp: “ . time() . “\n”;

// Convert Unix timestamp to date

$timestamp = 1731403200;

Echo “Date from Unix Timestamp: “ . date(‘Y-m-d H:i:s’, $timestamp) . “\n”;

?>

Explanation

Let’s go through each function and its parameters used in the PHP program:

Date_default_timezone_set

Purpose: Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script.

Parameters:

Timezone: A string representing the timezone identifier (e.g., ‘Asia/Kolkata’).

Date

Purpose: Formats a local date and time.

Parameters:

Format: A string specifying the format of the outputted date string (e.g., ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’).

Timestamp (optional): An integer Unix timestamp. If omitted, the current time is used.

Date_create

Purpose: Creates a new DateTime object.

Parameters:

Time (optional): A string representing a date/time (e.g., ‘2024-11-12’). If omitted, the current date and
time are used.
Date_format

Purpose: Returns a formatted date string from a DateTime object.

Parameters:

Object: A DateTime object.

Format: A string specifying the format of the outputted date string (e.g., ‘l, F jS, Y’).

Date_add

Purpose: Adds an interval to a DateTime object.

Parameters:

Object: A DateTime object.

Interval: A DateInterval object representing the interval to add (e.g.,


date_interval_create_from_date_string(’10 days’)).

Date_interval_create_from_date_string

Purpose: Creates a DateInterval object from a relative parts string.

Parameters:

Time: A string representing the interval (e.g., ’10 days’).

Date_sub

Purpose: Subtracts an interval from a DateTime object.

Parameters:

Object: A DateTime object.

Interval: A DateInterval object representing the interval to subtract (e.g.,


date_interval_create_from_date_string(‘5 days’)).

Date_diff

Purpose: Returns the difference between two DateTime objects.

Parameters:

Datetime1: A DateTime object representing the first date.

Datetime2: A DateTime object representing the second date.

Absolute (optional): A boolean indicating whether to return an absolute difference. Default is FALSE.

Date_sun_info

Purpose: Returns an array with information about sunset/sunrise and twilight begin/end.
Parameters:

Time: An integer Unix timestamp.

Latitude: A float representing the latitude of the location.

Longitude: A float representing the longitude of the location.

Time

Purpose: Returns the current Unix timestamp.

Parameters: None.

Date (used again for converting Unix timestamp)

Purpose: Formats a local date and time.

Parameters:

Format: A string specifying the format of the outputted date string (e.g., ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’).

Timestamp: An integer Unix timestamp to format.

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