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# time

(PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)

time -- Return current Unix timestamp

## Description

int time ( void )

Returns the current time measured in the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT).

## Examples

Example 1. time() example

`<?php $nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60); // 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60secs echo 'Now: '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n"; echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n"; // or using strtotime(): echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) ."\n"; ?>`

The above example will output something similar to:

    Now:       2005-03-30
    Next Week: 2005-04-06
    Next Week: 2005-04-06

## Notes

> Tip: Timestamp of the start of the request is available in `$_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME']` since PHP 5.1.

## See Also

date()
microtime()

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