php-doc-en/reference/datetime/functions/gettimeofday.xml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<refentry id="function.gettimeofday">
<refnamediv>
<refname>gettimeofday</refname>
<refpurpose>Get current time</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<methodsynopsis>
<type>mixed</type><methodname>gettimeofday</methodname>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>return_float</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
This is an interface to gettimeofday(2). It returns an
associative array containing the data returned from the system
call.
</para>
<para>
Since PHP 5.1.0 there is an optional parameter,
<parameter>return_float</parameter>, which makes
<function>gettimeofday</function> return a float when it is set to
&true;.
</para>
<para>
Array keys:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<simpara>
"sec" - seconds since the Unix Epoch
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
"usec" - microseconds
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
"minuteswest" - minutes west of Greenwich
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
"dsttime" - type of dst correction
</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
<example>
<title><function>gettimeofday</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
print_r(gettimeofday());
echo gettimeofday(true);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs.similar;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
Array
(
[sec] => 1073504408
[usec] => 238215
[minuteswest] => 0
[dsttime] => 1
)
1073504408.23910
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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