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date_sunset()

date_sunset - Returns time of sunset for a given day and location

Syntax

mixed date_sunset (int $timestamp, int $format, float $latitude, float $longitude, float $zenith, float $gmt_offset)

Arguments

  • timestamp - The timestamp of the day from which the sunset 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.sunset_zenith
  • gmt_offset - Specified in hours.

Description

date_sunset() returns the sunset time for a given day (specified as a timestamp) and location.

Version

PHP 5

Return value

Returns the sunset time in a specified format on success or FALSE on failure.