Get current time

# gettimeofday

(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

gettimeofday — Get current time

### Description

gettimeofday(bool `$as_float` = `false`): array|float

This is an interface to gettimeofday(2). It returns an associative array containing the data returned from the system call.

### Parameters

`as_float`

  When set to `true`, a float instead of an array is returned.

### Return Values

By default an array is returned. If `as_float` is set, then a float is returned.

Array keys:

- "sec" - seconds since the Unix Epoch
- "usec" - microseconds
- "minuteswest" - minutes west of Greenwich
- "dsttime" - type of dst correction

### Examples

Example #1 gettimeofday() example

`<?php
print_r(gettimeofday());
echo gettimeofday(true);`

The above example will output something similar to:

    Array
    (
        [sec] => 1073504408
        [usec] => 238215
        [minuteswest] => 0
        [dsttime] => 1
    )
    1073504408.23910

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