Getting started with timestamps.....

[legohead6]

Hi, I qould like to learn how to use timestamps and stuff for like showing whos logged into a forum.. if anyone could teach me or point me to a good tutorial that would be great

[Ninjakreborn]

simple
to capture current timestamp
$variable = time();
to capture the current date
or date from a time stape
$variable = date("formathere");
check php.net for formats
if you want to change a time stamp into date format
$variable = date("formathere", $variable); // the variable would contain the time stamp.