Get time currently represented by the object

# IntlCalendar::getTime

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL >= 3.0.0a1)

IntlCalendar::getTime — Get time currently represented by the object

### Description

Object-oriented style

public IntlCalendar::getTime(): float|false

Procedural style

intlcal_get_time(IntlCalendar `$calendar`): float|false

Returns the time associated with this object, expressed as the number of milliseconds since the epoch.

### Parameters

`calendar`

  An IntlCalendar instance.

### Return Values

A float representing the number of milliseconds elapsed since the reference time (1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC), or `false` on failure

### Examples

Example #1 IntlCalendar::getTime()

`<?php
ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Lisbon');
ini_set('intl.default_locale', 'en_US');
$cal = new IntlGregorianCalendar(2013, 4 /* May */, 1, 0, 0, 0);
$time = $cal->getTime();
var_dump($time, $time / 1000 == strtotime('2013-05-01 00:00:00')); //true`

The above example will output:

    float(1367362800000)
    bool(true)

### See Also

- IntlCalendar::getNow() - Get number representing the current time

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