Working with Dates and Times in PHP - First Step

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Now, the first step in our move is we have to know what value the time function in PHP produces. Run this code on your server:

print time();

You will see a line of numbers in your browser. That is the number of seconds since the epoch. The epoch was on January 1st 1970. This line of numbers is called a UNIX timestamp.

Next: Display it to human readable date and time format >>
 

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