suresh-kumara-gist · August 24, 2017 14:12
diff --git a/drupal 8 way of creating timestamp b/drupal 8 way of creating timestamp
 use Drupal\Component\Datetime\DateTimePlus;

 $format = "D";
 // create current datetime.
 $current_date = new DateTimePlus();
 // Format $current_date to dispaly, what ever php datetime format you needed. here I am formatting to 'D'
 $current_day = $current_date->format($format, ['timezone' => drupal_get_user_timezone()]);
	use Drupal\Component\Datetime\DateTimePlus;

	$format = "D";
	// create current datetime.
	$current_date = new DateTimePlus();
	// Format $current_date to dispaly, what ever php datetime format you needed. here I am formatting to 'D'
	$current_day = $current_date->format($format, ['timezone' => drupal_get_user_timezone()]);