Get a Date & Time in PHP

Displaying current time

We can display current time by using time() function. Here is the code

date(" H:i:s", time());

The output is here 10:56:40

Format for MySQL datetime field

MySQL datetime field stores date with time. Here is the format required to store data in this field.

$tdtp=date("Y-m-d H:i:s",time());

Here is the output : 2025-05-03 10:56:40