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gmdate

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(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Format a GMT/UTC date/time

Description

gmdate(string $format, int|null $timestamp = null): string

Identical to the date() function except that the time returned is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).

Parameters

format: The format of the outputted date string. See the formatting options for the date() function.

Return Values

Returns a formatted date string.

Changelog

Version	Description
8.0.0	`timestamp` is nullable now.

Examples

gmdate() example

php

<?php
date_default_timezone_set("Europe/Helsinki");

echo date("M d Y H:i:s e", mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1998)) . "\n";
echo gmdate("M d Y H:i:s e", mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1998));

The above example will output:

output

Jan 01 1998 00:00:00 Europe/Helsinki
Dec 31 1997 22:00:00 UTC