Category: PHP7
Added: 18th of December 2015
Updated On: 6th of October 2023
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This article was updated and rechecked on 6th of October 2023
Convert a Unix timestamp to date and time using PHP
To convert a unix timestamp to date and time using php we use the php date() and time() functions
The time() function returns the current time as a Unix timestamp (the number of seconds elapsed since January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).
In our code below we are displaying the date and time in the following format
(d=day of the month)(F=month)(Y=year, 4 digits) - (G=hour)(i=minutes)(s=seconds)(a=am or pm)
<?php
echo $date = date("d F Y - G:i:s a",time());
?>
echo $date = date("d F Y - G:i:s a",time());
?>
If you wanted to grab the time in seconds from your database you would use the following code
<?php
echo $date = date("d F Y - G:i:s a",$row['field_name']);
?>
echo $date = date("d F Y - G:i:s a",$row['field_name']);
?>
