# variant_date_from_timestamp

(PHP 5)

variant_date_from_timestamp — Returns a variant date representation of a Unix timestamp

### Description

variant variant_date_from_timestamp ( int `$timestamp` )

Converts `timestamp` from a unix timestamp value into a variant of type `VT_DATE`. This allows easier interopability between the unix-ish parts of PHP and COM.

See also variant_date_to_timestamp() for the inverse of this operation, mktime(), time().