now()

Returns the current date/time as a formatted string.

Parameters

$timezone : string = 'UTC'

The timezone identifier (e.g., 'Europe/Paris'). Defaults to 'UTC'.

$format : string|null = 'Y-m-dTH:i:s.vZ'

The date format string compatible with DateTime::format(). Defaults to 'Y-m-d\TH:i:s.v\Z' (ISO 8601 UTC with milliseconds).

Tags

throws

DateInvalidTimeZoneException

If the provided timezone string is invalid.

throws

DateMalformedStringException

If the date creation fails (should not occur with 'now').

example

echo now() ;
// Output: '2025-07-20T15:30.676Z'

author

Marc Alcaraz (ekameleon)

since

1.0.0