(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
gmdate — Format a GMT/UTC date/time
$format
[, int $timestamp
= time()
] ) : stringIdentical to the date() function except that the time returned is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Returns a formatted date string. If a non-numeric value is used for
timestamp
, FALSE
is returned and an
E_WARNING
level error is emitted.
Example #1 gmdate() example
When run in Finland (GMT +0200), the first line below prints "Jan 01 1998 00:00:00", while the second prints "Dec 31 1997 22:00:00".
<?php
echo date("M d Y H:i:s", mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1998));
echo gmdate("M d Y H:i:s", mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 1998));
?>