Current Datetime in PHP

Question

I can't just make this work.

How can i display the current date in PHP in the format YYYYMMDDHHMMSS.

Regards

Matt

Answer 1

Use date:

echo date("YmdHis");

That'll display the current date in the format you asked for in the timezone of whatever machine PHP is running on.

Answer 2

Try

echo date('YmdHis');