// Simply:
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

// Or:
$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');

// This would return the date in the following formats respectively:
$date = '2012-03-06 17:33:07';
// Or
$date = '2012/03/06 17:33:07';

/** 
 * This time is based on the default server time zone.
 * If you want the date in a different time zone,
 * say if you come from Nairobi, Kenya like I do, you can set
 * the time zone to Nairobi as shown below.
 */

date_default_timezone_set('Africa/Nairobi');

// Then call the date functions
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
// Or
$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');

// date_default_timezone_set() function is however
// supported by PHP version 5.1.0 or above.

有关时区参考，请参见支持的时区列表。

您可以使用$_SERVER['REQUEST_TIME']变量(自PHP 5.1.0起可用)或time()函数来获取当前的Unix时间戳。

// Simply:
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');

// Or:
$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');

// This would return the date in the following formats respectively:
$date = '2012-03-06 17:33:07';
// Or
$date = '2012/03/06 17:33:07';

/** 
 * This time is based on the default server time zone.
 * If you want the date in a different time zone,
 * say if you come from Nairobi, Kenya like I do, you can set
 * the time zone to Nairobi as shown below.
 */

date_default_timezone_set('Africa/Nairobi');

// Then call the date functions
$date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
// Or
$date = date('Y/m/d H:i:s');

// date_default_timezone_set() function is however
// supported by PHP version 5.1.0 or above.

有关时区参考，请参见支持的时区列表。

PHP以秒为单位返回当前时间。你需要把它们格式化成你想要的任何格式。

<?php
    // time() returns current time in seconds
    $in_seconds = time();

    // strftime - Format a local time/date according to locale settings
    echo strftime("%m/%d/%y", $in_seconds);
?>

参考:http://php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php

你可以:

$now = strtotime(date('Y-m-d H:i:s')); // = Now 

完整的格式选项请参见文档:https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

 $date = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kolkata'));
 echo $date->format('d-m-Y H:i:s');

更新

 //Also get am/pm in datetime:
 echo $date->format('d-m-Y H:i:s a'); // output 30-12-2013 10:16:15 am

对于日期格式，PHP date() Function很有用。