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gmmktime() function in PHP


The gmmktime() function returns the Unix timestamp for a GMT date.

Syntax

gmmktime(hour,minute,second,month,day,year,is_dst);

Parameters

  • hour  − Specifies the hour.

  • minute  − Specifies the minute

  • second  − Specifies the second

  • month  − Specifies the month

  • day  − Specifies the day

  • year  − Specifies the year

  • is_dst  − Parameters always represent a GMT date so is_dst doesn't influence the result.

Return

The gmmktime() function returns a integer Unix timestamp.

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   $time = gmmktime(0,0,0,9,10,2017); print($time . "\n");
?>

Output

1505001600

Example

Let us see another example −

<?php
   echo "Nov 10, 2017 was on a ".date("l", gmmktime(0,0,0,11,10,2017));
?>

Output

Nov 10, 2017 was on a Friday