function date_now | Documentation

1 date.inc date_now($timezone = NULL, $reset = FALSE)

A date object for the current time.

Parameters

object $timezone: (optional) Optionally force time to a specific timezone, defaults to user timezone, if set, otherwise site timezone. Defaults to NULL.

bool $reset: (optional) Static cache reset.

Return value

BackdropDateTime: The current time as a date object.

20 calls to date_now()

BackdropDateTime::arrayErrors in core/includes/date.class.inc: Finds possible errors in an array of date part values.
BackdropDateTime::forceValid in core/includes/date.class.inc: Converts a date part into something that will produce a valid date.
DateAPITestCase::testDateAPI in core/modules/date/tests/date_api.test
date_days_in_year in core/includes/date.inc: Identifies the number of days in a year for a date.
date_day_of_week in core/includes/date.inc: Returns day of week for a given date (0 = Sunday).

... See full list

File

core/includes/date.inc, line 752: Date API functions.

Code

function date_now($timezone = NULL, $reset = FALSE) {
  $now = &backdrop_static(__FUNCTION__ . $timezone);

  if (!isset($now) || $reset) {
    $now = new BackdropDateTime('now', $timezone);
  }

  // Avoid unexpected manipulation of cached $now object
  // by subsequent code execution
  // @see https://drupal.org/node/2261395
  $clone = clone $now;
  return $clone;
}