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Description

Returns the blog's current local time in one of two formats, either MySQL's timestamp data type format (i.e. YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) or the Unix timestamp format (i.e. epoch). The optional secondary parameter can be used to retrieve GMT time instead of the blog's local time.

The local time returned is based on the timezone set on the blog's General Settings page, which is UTC by default.

current_time('timestamp') should be used in lieu of time() to return the blog's local time. In WordPress, PHP's time() will always return UTC and is the same as calling current_time('timestamp', true).

Usage

<?php $time = current_time($type, $gmt = 0); ?>

Parameters

$type
(string) (required) The time format to return. Possible values:
  • mysql
  • timestamp
Default: None
$gmt
(integer) (optional) The time zone (GMT, local) of the returned time: Possible values:
  • 1
  • 0
Default: 0

Returns

If the first parameter is 'mysql', the function returns a date-time string. If the first parameter is 'timestamp', the function returns a double value equal to the number of seconds since Jan. 1, 1970. When strict data typing is necessary, take note that the PHP time() function, which current_time() replaces, returns an integer value, so consider using (int)current_time('timestamp') instead.

If the optional second parameter is 1, the value returned represents the current GMT time. If 0 or no second parameter are set, the value returned represents the local time for the timezone declared in the blog's Timezone setting on the General Settings page.

Example

This example gets the current time and assigns the parameters to variables. 

<?php 
$blogtime = current_time('mysql'); 
list( $today_year, $today_month, $today_day, $hour, $minute, $second ) = split( '([^0-9])', $blogtime );
?>
Example of format of current_time('mysql'): 
   2005-08-05 10:41:13


Examine the results 

<?php echo "current_time('mysql') returns local site time: " . current_time('mysql') . '<br />'; ?>
<?php echo "current_time('mysql', 1) returns GMT: " . current_time('mysql',1) . '<br />'; ?>
<?php echo "current_time('timestamp') returns local site time: " . date('Y-m-d H:i:s',current_time('timestamp',0)); ?>
<?php echo "current_time('timestamp', 1) returns GMT: " . date('Y-m-d H:i:s',current_time('timestamp',1)); ?>

Notes

Change Log

Since: 1.0

Source File

current_time() is located in wp-includes/functions.php

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