gettimeofday() function in PHP

The gettimeofday() function returns an array that contains current time information.

Syntax

gettimeofday(return_float)

Parameters

• return_float  − When set to TRUE, a float instead of an array is returned.

Return

The gettimeofday() function returns an associative array by default. The following are the returned array keys

• [sec]  − seconds since the Unix Epoch

• [usec]  − microseconds

• [minuteswest]  − minutes west of Greenwich

• [dsttime]  − type of dst correction

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   print_r(gettimeofday());
?>

Output

Array (
   [sec] => 1539234547
   [usec] => 322766
   [minuteswest] => 0
   [dsttime] => 0
)

Example

The following is an example −

<?php
   echo gettimeofday(true);
?>

Output

1539172203.5542

Example

The following is an example

<?php
   $res = gettimeofday(); echo "$res[sec].$res[usec]";
?>

Output

1539172298.346375