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Name

localtime — Returns an array containing the time components of a UNIX timestamp.

Synopsis

array localtime([timestamp][, associative]); int timestamp (optional): UNIX timestamp bool associative (optional): Whether to return an associative or indexed array

Returns

Array of time components; FALSE on error

Description

localtime() executes the system's localtime() system call and returns its results in a PHP array. If the associative parameter given is TRUE, the returned array will be an associative array with the key names from the following table; otherwise, the returned array will be indexed starting from 0. If no argument is given for associative , the default is FALSE.

The following table describes the elements of the returned array.

Indexed Key	Associative Key	Value
0	tm_sec	Seconds (`0`-`59`, but can be as high as 61 for leap seconds)
1	tm_min	Minutes (`0`-`59`)
2	tm_hour	Hours (`0`-`23`)
3	tm_mday	Day of the month (`1`-`31`)
4	tm_mon	Month (`0`-`11`)
5	tm_year	Year (since 1900)
6	tm_wday	Day of the week (`0`-`6`; Sunday is `0`)
7	tm_yday	Day of the year (`0`-`365`; Jan 1 is `0`)
8	tm_isdst	`1` if Daylight Saving Time, `0` otherwise

Version

PHP 4

Example

Example 204. Get the time components in an array

/* When executed at 22:52 April 19, 2001, the following
 * code produced this output:
 *
 * Indexed array of the current time:
 * Array
 * (
 *     [0] => 26
 *     [1] => 52
 *     [2] => 22
 *     [3] => 19
 *     [4] => 3
 *     [5] => 101
 *     [6] => 4
 *     [7] => 108
 *     [8] => 1
 * )
 * Associative array of 2 PM April 30 1981:
 * Array
 * (
 *     [tm_sec] => 0
 *     [tm_min] => 0
 *     [tm_hour] => 14
 *     [tm_mday] => 30
 *     [tm_mon] => 3
 *     [tm_year] => 81
 *     [tm_wday] => 4
 *     [tm_yday] => 119
 *     [tm_isdst] => 1
 * )
 */

echo "Indexed array of the current time:\n";
$time_array = localtime(time());
print_r($time_array);

echo "Associative array of 2 PM April 30 1981:\n";
$time_array = localtime(mktime(14, 0, 0, 4, 30, 81), 1);
print_r($time_array);

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