Return current Unix timestamp

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# time

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

time — Return current Unix timestamp

### Description

int time ( void )

Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).

### Examples

Example #1 time() example

`<?php
$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
// 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60secs
echo 'Now: '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";
// or using strtotime():
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) ."\n";
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    Now:       2005-03-30
    Next Week: 2005-04-06
    Next Week: 2005-04-06

### Notes

Tip

Timestamp of the start of the request is available in $_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME'] since PHP 5.1.

### See Also

- date() - Format a local time/date
- microtime() - Return current Unix timestamp with microseconds

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