date
PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8
date - Format a local time/date
Example #1 Escaping characters in date
You can prevent a recognized character in the format string from being
expanded by escaping it with a preceding backslash. If the character with
a backslash is already a special sequence, you may need to also escape
the backslash.
Example #2 date examples
Example #3 date and mktime example
together to find dates in the future
or the past.
Example #4 date Formatting
formatting. Note that
you should escape any other characters, as any which currently
have a special meaning will produce undesirable results, and
other characters may be assigned meaning in future PHP versions.
When escaping, be sure to use single quotes to prevent characters
like \n from becoming newlines.
Example #5 of date