IntlCalendar
PHP Manual

IntlCalendar::getNow

Get number representing the current time

Description

Object oriented style

public static float IntlCalendar::getNow ( void )

Procedural style

float intlcal_get_now ( void )

The number of milliseconds that have passed since the reference date. This number is derived from the system time.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

A float representing a number of milliseconds since the epoch, not counting leap seconds.

Examples

Example #1 IntlCalendar::getNow

<?php
$formatter = IntlDateFormatter::create('es_ES',
        IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
        IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
        'Europe/Madrid');

$val = IntlCalendar::getNow();

var_dump($val);
echo $formatter->format(IntlCalendar::getNow() / 1000.), "\n";

The above example will output:

float(1371425814666)
lunes, 17 de junio de 2013 01:36:54 Hora de verano de Europa central