Assuming today is March 10th, 2001, 5:16:18 pm, and that we are in the Mountain Standard Time (MST) Time Zone
1) $today = date("F j, Y, g:i a"); // March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
2) $today = date("m.d.y"); // 03.10.01
3) $today = date("j, n, Y"); // 10, 3, 2001
4) $today = date("Ymd"); // 20010310
5) $today = date('h-i-s, j-m-y, it is w Day'); // 05-16-18, 10-03-01, 1631 1618 6 Satpm01
6) $today = date('\i\t \i\s \t\h\e jS \d\a\y.'); // it is the 10th day.
7) $today = date("D M j G:i:s T Y"); // Sat Mar 10 17:16:18 MST 2001
8) $today = date('H:m:s \m \i\s\ \m\o\n\t\h'); // 17:03:18 m is month
9) $today = date("H:i:s"); // 17:16:18
10) $today = date("Y-m-d H:i:s"); // 2016-03-10 17:17:17
Source : Current time with different format
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