What is date() function in PHP?

 date() function is used to display the date, time, and month according to given format.

e.g echo date(“d/m/y”);  // output: 29/5/2011

d- date

D- day name

m- month

M- month name

y- sort year like 2011 as 11

Y-full year like 2011

h- hours

i- minute

s- second