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//Get current date time in PHP // Simply: $date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // Or: $date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s'); // This would return the date in the following formats respectively: $date = '2012-03-06 17:33:07'; // Or $date = '2012/03/06 17:33:07'; /** * This time is based on the default server time zone. * If you want the date in a different time zone, * say if you come from Nairobi, Kenya like I do, you can set * the time zone to Nairobi as shown below. */ date_default_timezone_set('Africa/Nairobi'); // Then call the date functions $date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); // Or $date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s'); // date_default_timezone_set() function is however // supported by PHP version 5.1.0 or above.