RE: [PHP] gmtime?

> -----Original Message----- > From: Jens Lehmann [mailto:newsgroup@developerforum.net] > Sent: 24 May 2002 20:31 > > time() returns the number of seconds since the Unix Epoch to > the current > local time > > gmtime() should return the number of seconds since the Unix > Epoch to the > current GM-time > > Do you understand now? Uh, no, actually now I'm more confused! As I understand it, a Unix timestamp is *always* the number of seconds since 1-Jan-1970 GMT ("the Unix epoch"), and so is always a GMT time. Any function that converts between local time and a Unix timestamp therefore has to take the current timezone (and any daylight-savings rules) into account. This is why there are two versions of mktime() and date(), but only one time(). Cheers! Mike --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, Beckett Park, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom Email: m.ford@lmu.ac.uk Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211