IntlCalendar::getTime

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PECL >= 3.0.0a1)

IntlCalendar::getTime — Get time currently represented by the object

Description

Object oriented style

public IntlCalendar::getTime ( void ) : float

Procedural style

intlcal_get_time ( IntlCalendar $cal ) : float

Returns the time associated with this object, expressed as the number of milliseconds since the epoch.

Parameters

cal

The IntlCalendar resource.

Return Values

A float representing the number of milliseconds elapsed since the reference time (1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC).

Examples

Example #1 IntlCalendar::getTime()

<?php
ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Lisbon');
ini_set('intl.default_locale', 'en_US');

$cal = new IntlGregorianCalendar(2013, 4 /* May */, 1, 0, 0, 0);
$time = $cal->getTime();
var_dump($time, $time / 1000 == strtotime('2013-05-01 00:00:00')); //true

The above example will output:

float(1367362800000)
bool(true)

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