date_sunrise()
date_sunrise - Returns time of sunrise for a given day and location
Syntax
mixed date_sunrise (
int $timestamp,
int $format,
float $latitude,
float $longitude,
float $zenith,
float $gmt_offset)
Arguments
- timestamp - The timestamp of the day from which the sunrise time is taken.
- format - format constants constant description example SUNFUNCS_RET_STRING returns the result as string 16:46 SUNFUNCS_RET_DOUBLE returns the result as float 16.78243132 SUNFUNCS_RET_TIMESTAMP returns the result as integer (timestamp) 1095034606
- latitude - Defaults to North, pass in a negative value for South. See also: date.default_latitude
- longitude - Defaults to East, pass in a negative value for West. See also: date.default_longitude
- zenith - Default: date.sunrise_zenith
- gmt_offset - Specified in hours.
Description
date_sunrise() returns the sunrise time for a given day (specified as a timestamp) and location.
Version
PHP 5
Return value
Returns the sunrise time in a specified format on success or FALSE on failure.
