Get the local time

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# localtime

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)

localtime — Get the local time

### Description

array localtime ([ int `$timestamp` = time() [, bool `$is_associative` = false ]] )

The localtime() function returns an array identical to that of the structure returned by the C function call.

### Parameters

`timestamp`

  The optional `timestamp` parameter is an integer Unix timestamp that defaults to the current local time if a `timestamp` is not given. In other words, it defaults to the value of time().

`is_associative`

  If set to `FALSE` or not supplied then the array is returned as a regular, numerically indexed array. If the argument is set to `TRUE` then localtime() returns an associative array containing all the different elements of the structure returned by the C function call to localtime. The names of the different keys of the associative array are as follows:

  - "tm_sec" - seconds, 0 to 59
  - "tm_min" - minutes, 0 to 59
  - "tm_hour" - hours, 0 to 23
  - "tm_mday" - day of the month, 1 to 31
  - "tm_mon" - month of the year, 0 (Jan) to 11 (Dec)
  - "tm_year" - years since 1900
  - "tm_wday" - day of the week, 0 (Sun) to 6 (Sat)
  - "tm_yday" - day of the year, 0 to 365
  - "tm_isdst" - is daylight savings time in effect? Positive if yes, 0 if not, negative if unknown.

### Errors/Exceptions

Every call to a date/time function will generate a `E_NOTICE` if the time zone is not valid, and/or a `E_STRICT` or `E_WARNING` message if using the system settings or the TZ environment variable. See also date_default_timezone_set()

### Changelog

Version | Description
--- | ---
5.1.0 | Now issues the `E_STRICT` and `E_NOTICE` time zone errors.

### Examples

Example #1 localtime() example

`<?php
$localtime = localtime();
$localtime_assoc = localtime(time(), true);
print_r($localtime);
print_r($localtime_assoc);
?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    Array
    (
        [0] => 24
        [1] => 3
        [2] => 19
        [3] => 3
        [4] => 3
        [5] => 105
        [6] => 0
        [7] => 92
        [8] => 1
    )

    Array
    (
        [tm_sec] => 24
        [tm_min] => 3
        [tm_hour] => 19
        [tm_mday] => 3
        [tm_mon] => 3
        [tm_year] => 105
        [tm_wday] => 0
        [tm_yday] => 92
        [tm_isdst] => 1
    )

### See Also

- getdate() - Get date/time information

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