(PHP 5.5.0, PECL >= 3.0.0a1)
IntlCalendar::getTime — Get time currently represented by the object
Object oriented style
Procedural style
Returns the time associated with this object, expressed as the number of milliseconds since the epoch.
cal
The IntlCalendar resource.
A float representing the number of milliseconds elapsed since the reference time (1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC).
Example #1 IntlCalendar::getTime()
<?php
ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Lisbon');
ini_set('intl.default_locale', 'en_US');
$cal = new IntlGregorianCalendar(2013, 4 /* May */, 1, 0, 0, 0);
$time = $cal->getTime();
var_dump($time, $time / 1000 == strtotime('2013-05-01 00:00:00')); //true
The above example will output:
float(1367362800000) bool(true)