How to Get Current Date and Time in PHP

You can use PHP date() function or DateTime() class to get current Date and Time in PHP. This tutorial will help you to get current date time in PHP.

Using date() Function:

The below php script will return current date time in ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’ format.

<?php
    $currentDateTime = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
    echo $currentDateTime;
?>

Result:-

2017-02-27 08:22:26

Using DateTime() Class:

The DateTime() class functions allow you to get the date and time. You can also use functions to format the date and time in many different ways.

format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
?>

Result:-

2017-02-27 08:22:26

References:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
http://php.net/manual/en/intro.datetime.php