gmdate

(PHP3 , PHP4 )

gmdate -- Format a GMT/CUT date/time

Description

string gmdate (string format, int timestamp)

Identical to the date() function except that the time returned is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For example, when run in Finland (GMT +0200), the first line below prints "Jan 01 1998 00:00:00", while the second prints "Dec 31 1997 22:00:00".

Example 1. Gmdate() example


echo date ("M d Y H:i:s", mktime (0,0,0,1,1,1998));
echo gmdate ("M d Y H:i:s", mktime (0,0,0,1,1,1998));
      

See also date(), mktime(), and gmmktime().