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# Date and Time Functions

## Table of Contents

- checkdate — Validate a Gregorian date
- date_create — Returns new DateTime object
- date_date_set — Sets the date
- date_default_timezone_get — Gets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
- date_default_timezone_set — Sets the default timezone used by all date/time functions in a script
- date_format — Returns date formatted according to given format
- date_isodate_set — Sets the ISO date
- date_modify — Alters the timestamp
- date_offset_get — Returns the daylight saving time offset
- date_parse — Returns associative array with detailed info about given date
- date_sun_info — Returns an array with information about sunset/sunrise and twilight begin/end
- date_sunrise — Returns time of sunrise for a given day and location
- date_sunset — Returns time of sunset for a given day and location
- date_time_set — Sets the time
- date_timezone_get — Return time zone relative to given DateTime
- date_timezone_set — Sets the time zone for the DateTime object
- date — Format a local time/date
- getdate — Get date/time information
- gettimeofday — Get current time
- gmdate — Format a GMT/UTC date/time
- gmmktime — Get Unix timestamp for a GMT date
- gmstrftime — Format a GMT/UTC time/date according to locale settings
- idate — Format a local time/date as integer
- localtime — Get the local time
- microtime — Return current Unix timestamp with microseconds
- mktime — Get Unix timestamp for a date
- strftime — Format a local time/date according to locale settings
- strptime — Parse a time/date generated with strftime
- strtotime — Parse about any English textual datetime description into a Unix timestamp
- time — Return current Unix timestamp
- timezone_abbreviations_list — Returns associative array containing dst, offset and the timezone name
- timezone_identifiers_list — Returns numerically index array with all timezone identifiers
- timezone_name_from_abbr — Returns the timezone name from abbrevation
- timezone_name_get — Returns the name of the timezone
- timezone_offset_get — Returns the timezone offset from GMT
- timezone_open — Returns new DateTimeZone object
- timezone_transitions_get — Returns all transitions for the timezone

Date and Time
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