PHP - get milliSecond from Timestamp

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I want to get current Timestamp with millisecond. but date() returns Timestamp just with seconds.

@Bonatti This question is about millisecond but you duplicated my question with a question about date/time (just second) — Majid Sadr, May 25 '16 at 11:18
Read the answers, specially about time() functions. This question shows no effort to Google what time functions exists in PHP, so I just marked one that has the issue. — Bonatti, May 25 '16 at 11:20

Gynteniuxas · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-25T11:28:51.520

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You can use microtime (which is better solution because you will get exact value).

edited May 25 '16 at 11:28

answered May 25 '16 at 11:08

Gynteniuxas

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Not divide by .It should be multiply – Web Artisan May 25 '16 at 11:09
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And in any case, multiplying won't work because you can't add precision to a number. `microtime()` is the correct solution. – Chris May 25 '16 at 11:10
Oops, yes, multiply it, not divide. Sorry about that. – Gynteniuxas May 25 '16 at 11:10
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I have some records in my database that have timestamp, but the question is how to fetch with milliseconds. or save timestamp with milliseconds. – Majid Sadr May 25 '16 at 11:12
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That's a terrible suggestion. You will still only have seconds only represented by 1000's of miliseconds. – apriede May 25 '16 at 11:12
@MajidSadr So, to be clear, by timestamp you don't mean a Unix timestamp? – Chris May 25 '16 at 11:14
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@Chris I mean Unix Timestamp – Majid Sadr May 25 '16 at 11:20
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@MajidSadr so why exactly microtime() is not fine? It returns time in microseconds? – Gynteniuxas May 25 '16 at 11:20
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EdvinTenovim Your last edit solved my problem. But Thank you @Chris – Majid Sadr May 25 '16 at 11:22
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@MajidSadr His edits never actually changed the semantics of the answer though. The original said to use `microtime()` too. In any case, I'm glad you solved it. You should be able to accept the answer if it worked for you. – Chris May 25 '16 at 11:24
I moved the first part up because it is more appropriate than the second one (multiplication). – Gynteniuxas May 25 '16 at 11:25
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@EdvinTenovim, I would sugest you just remove the second part since it is simply mind numbingly bad and wrong. It's like suggesting using MS Paint zoom to substitute for an electron microscope – apriede May 25 '16 at 11:27
@apriede, yes, I agree about that. I should remove that part. – Gynteniuxas May 25 '16 at 11:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:53

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You may try below code from source

$now = DateTime::createFromFormat('U.u', microtime(true));
echo $now->format("m-d-Y H:i:s.u");

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answered May 25 '16 at 11:21

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It returns negative results some times: `05-25-2016 11:31:25.-339967296` – Majid Sadr May 25 '16 at 11:32
Has this negative value issue ever been further discussed? – Evil Elf Feb 27 '19 at 14:24

PHP - get milliSecond from Timestamp

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