current_time( string $type, bool $gmt = false ): int|string

Description

Parameters

$typestring

Type of time to retrieve. Accepts 'mysql', 'timestamp', 'U', or PHP date format string (e.g. 'Y-m-d').

$gmtbooloptional

Whether to use GMT timezone. Default false.Default: false

Return

int|string

Integer if $type is 'timestamp' or 'U', string otherwise.

Uses · 4

• get_option()Retrieves an option value based on an option name.
• wp_timezone()Retrieves the timezone of the site as a `DateTimeZone` object.
• DateTimeZone::__construct()
• DateTime::__construct()

Used by · 36

• WP_Customize_Manager::customize_pane_settings()Prints JavaScript settings for parent window.
• WP_Customize_Manager::save_changeset_post()Saves the post for the loaded changeset.
• WP_Date_Query::build_mysql_datetime()Builds a MySQL format date/time based on some query parameters.
• WP_Query::get_posts()Retrieves an array of posts based on query variables.
• WP_REST_Comments_Controller::create_item()Creates a comment.
• _wp_upload_dir()A non-filtered, non-cached version of wp_upload_dir() that doesn't check the path.
• bulk_edit_posts()Processes the post data for the bulk editing of posts.
• date_i18n()Retrieves the date in localized format, based on a sum of Unix timestamp and timezone offset in seconds.
• get_calendar()Displays calendar with days that have posts as links.
• get_day_link()Retrieves the permalink for the day archives with year and month.
• get_month_link()Retrieves the permalink for the month archives with year.
• get_year_link()Retrieves the permalink for the year archives.

Source

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78function current_time( $type, $gmt = false ) {79	// Don't use non-GMT timestamp, unless you know the difference and really need to.80	if ( 'timestamp' === $type || 'U' === $type ) {81		return $gmt ? time() : time() + (int) ( (float) get_option( 'gmt_offset' ) * HOUR_IN_SECONDS );82	}83 84	if ( 'mysql' === $type ) {85		$type = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';86	}87 88	$timezone = $gmt ? new DateTimeZone( 'UTC' ) : wp_timezone();89	$datetime = new DateTime( 'now', $timezone );90 91	return $datetime->format( $type );92}

History

Introduced in 1.0.0. One change between 6.7.7 and 7.1.0.

1. 6.7.7
2. 6.8.8
3. 6.9.7
4. 7.0.4
5. 7.1.0

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