Date variable?

[thejunior]

Is there a php variable which holds the current date?

[cristobal]

date?
[quote] print "`date '+%Y-%m-%d'";[quote]

Try that out

[boohlick]

or you can try this

<?php
// set the default timezone to use. Available since PHP 5.1
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');


// Prints something like: Monday
echo date("l");

// Prints something like: Monday 15th of August 2005 03:12:46 PM
echo date('l dS \of F Y h:i:s A');

// Prints: July 1, 2000 is on a Saturday
echo "July 1, 2000 is on a " . date("l", mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));

/* use the constants in the format parameter */
// prints something like: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:12:46 UTC
echo date(date::RFC822);

// prints something like: 2000-07-01T00:00:00+0000
echo date(date::ATOM, mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
?>

[clifford]

time() is a function holding the current unix timestamp, and date() is a function used to format that value.