PHP time() Function

Return the current time as a Unix timestamp, then format it to a date:

<?php
$t=time();
echo($t . "<br>");
echo(date("Y-m-d",$t));
?>

Definition and Usage

The time() function returns the current time in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).

time()

Return Value:	Returns an integer containing the current time as a Unix timestamp
PHP Version:	4+