Date function

• 1). Open a text editor and start a new file.
  
  
• 2). Determine how you want the date to be formatted. The default in the US is date/month/year. This will be represented in PHP as "d/m/Y" with "d" representing a two-digit day of the month, "m" representing a two-digit month, and "Y" representing a four-digit year.
  
  
• 3). Type the following into the text editor file:
  
  <?php
  
  $date = date("d/m/Y");
  
  echo $date;
  
  ?>
  
  
• 4). Save the file in your computer's server root folder, making sure to use the ".php" file extension.
  
  
• 5). Open a web browser window and navigate to the file.
  
  

DateTime class

• 1). Open a text editor and start a new file.
  
  
• 2). Determine how you want the date to be formatted. The default is date/month/year, or "d/m/Y" in php.
  
  
• 3). Type the following into the text editor file:
  
  <?php
  
  $date = new DateTime();
  
  echo $date->format("d/m/Y");
  
  ?>
  
  
• 4). Save the file in your computer's server root folder, making sure to use the ".php" file extension.
  
  
• 5). Open a web browser window and navigate to the file.