string date ( string $format [, int $timestamp ] )
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// set the default timezone to use. Available since PHP 5.1
date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
// Prints something like: Monday
echo date("l");
// Prints something like: Monday 8th of August 2005 03:12:46 PM
echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A');
// Prints: July 1, 2000 is on a Saturday
echo "July 1, 2000 is on a " . date("l", mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
/* use the constants in the format parameter */
// prints something like: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:12:46 UTC
echo date(DATE_RFC822);
// prints something like: 2000-07-01T00:00:00+00:00
echo date(DATE_ATOM, mktime(0, 0, 0, 7, 1, 2000));
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// prints something like: Wednesday the 15th
echo date("l \\t\h\e jS");
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$tomorrow = mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m") , date("d")+1, date("Y"));
$lastmonth = mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m")-1, date("d"), date("Y"));
$nextyear = mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m"), date("d"), date("Y")+1);
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// Assuming today is March 10th, 2001, 5:16:18 pm, and that we are in the
// Mountain Standard Time (MST) Time Zone
$today = date("F j, Y, g:i a"); // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
$today = date("m.d.y"); // 03.10.01
$today = date("j, n, Y"); // 10, 3, 2001
$today = date("Ymd"); // 20010310
$today = date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day'); // 05-16-18, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Satpm01
$today = date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.'); // it is the 10th day.
$today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2001
$today = date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h'); // 17:03:18 m is month
$today = date("H:i:s"); // 17:16:18
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public static function getNextDate($date, $amount, $unit='d'){
$dividers = array(' ', ':', '_', '-', '/', '|');
$date = str_replace($dividers, '', $date);
$unit = strtolower($unit);
list($y, $m, $d) = array(substr($date, 0, 4), substr($date, 4, 2), substr($date, 6));
list($h, $i, $s) = array(1, 0, 0);
$x = substr($unit, 0, 1);
$$x += $amount;
return date('Ymd', mktime($h, $i, $s, $m, $d, $y));
}
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function get_next_invoice_date($source_date, $last_date)
{
if (is_null($last_date) || ($last_date == ''))
{
return $source_date;
}
$srctime = strtotime($source_date);
$lasttime = strtotime($last_date);
$source_day = date("d", $srctime);
$next_month = date("Y-m", strtotime( date("Ym", $lasttime) . '01 +1 month' ));
$next_month_time = strtotime($next_month);
$next_month_last_day = date("d", strtotime("-1 second", strtotime("+2 month", strtotime( date("Y", $lasttime) . date("m", $lasttime) . "01" ))));
if ($source_day > $next_month_last_day)
{
$new_day = $next_month_last_day;
}
else
{
$new_day = $source_day;
}
$next_invoice_date = $next_month . '-' . $new_day;
return $next_invoice_date;
} $first_invoice_date = '2011-01-31';
$last_invoice_date = '';
$list = array();
for ($i = 1; $i <= 24; $i++)
{
$last_invoice_date = get_next_invoice_date($first_invoice_date, $last_invoice_date);
$list[] = $last_invoice_date;
}
print_r($list);
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