format a date in to the format 'yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.fff zzz' in php

You can format a date into the desired format using the DateTime class in PHP. The following code shows how to create a DateTime object for the current date and time, and then format it to the desired format:

main.php
$date = new DateTime();
$formatted_date = $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s.u T');
echo $formatted_date;
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The format() method accepts a format string as a parameter, and returns a string representing the formatted date. In the format string, Y represents the year, m represents the month, d represents the day, H represents the hour, i represents the minute, s represents the second, u represents the microsecond, and T represents the timezone abbreviation.

The resulting output will be in the format yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.fff zzz, where yyyy is the four-digit year, mm is the two-digit month, dd is the two-digit day, hh is the two-digit hour in 24-hour format, mm is the two-digit minute, ss is the two-digit second, fff is the three-digit microsecond, and zzz is the timezone abbreviation.