function date_now in Date 6

Same name and namespace in other branches

1. 5.2 date_api.module \date_now()
2. 6.2 date_api.module \date_now()
3. 7.3 date_api/date_api.module \date_now()
4. 7 date_api/date_api.module \date_now()
5. 7.2 date_api/date_api.module \date_now()

A date object for the current time.

Parameters

$timezone: Optional method to force time to a specific timezone, defaults to user timezone, if set, otherwise site timezone.

Return value

object date

15 calls to date_now()

date_days_in_month in ./date_api.module

Identify the number of days in a month for a date.

date_days_in_year in ./date_api.module

Identify the number of days in a year for a date.

date_day_of_week in ./date_api.module

Returns day of week for a given date (0 = Sunday).

date_example_date in date/date_admin.inc

Get an example date and make sure the difference between month and day and 12 and 24 hours will be clear.

date_ical_export in ./date_api_ical.inc

Turn an array of events into a valid iCalendar file

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File

./date_api.module, line 533

This module will make the date API available to other modules. Designed to provide a light but flexible assortment of functions and constants, with more functionality in additional files that are not loaded unless other modules specifically include them.

Code

function date_now($timezone = NULL) {
  return date_make_date('now', $timezone);
}