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# gmdate

(PHP 3, PHP 4 )

gmdate -- Format a GMT/CUT date/time

## Description

string gmdate ( string format [, int timestamp])

Identical to the date() function except that the time returned is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). For 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".

Example 1. gmdate() example

    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));

See also date(), mktime(), gmmktime() and strftime().

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