Localtime function in PHP to get date , time data from server

We can get local time with date, month year etc. ( array output ) by using localtime() function in PHP.
Here is the syntax.

localtime();

Example code

print_r(localtime());

The output of above code is here

Array
(
    [0] => 26
    [1] => 16
    [2] => 6
    [3] => 15
    [4] => 8
    [5] => 124
    [6] => 0
    [7] => 258
    [8] => 0
)

We can get better output by using is_associative to true. We will get a set of keys and associated data. Here is an example.

print_r(localtime(time(),true));

The output is here.

Array
(
    [tm_sec] => 26
    [tm_min] => 16
    [tm_hour] => 6
    [tm_mday] => 15
    [tm_mon] => 8
    [tm_year] => 124
    [tm_wday] => 0
    [tm_yday] => 258
    [tm_isdst] => 0
)

We can change the time zone set and check the return like this.

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');

print_r(localtime(time(),true));

The ouput is here

Array
(
    [tm_sec] => 26
    [tm_min] => 46
    [tm_hour] => 11
    [tm_mday] => 15
    [tm_mon] => 8
    [tm_year] => 124
    [tm_wday] => 0
    [tm_yday] => 258
    [tm_isdst] => 0
)

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