The ~date()~ / ~gmdate()~ and ~strftime()~ functions can also accepts a Date object instead of a timestamp The ~getdate()~ function also accepts a Date object as first parameter The ~Date::mktime()~ and ~Date::gmmktime()~ functions return a Date object The ~localtime()~ function also accepts a Date object as first parameter ~Date::time()~ returns a Date object representing the current time All other date related functions are aliased into the Date class as static methods