$today = unixtojd(mktime(0, 0, 0, 3, 10, 2016));
echo "<pre>";
print_r(cal_from_jd($today, CAL_GREGORIAN));
echo "</pre>";
/*
run:
Array
(
[date] => 3/10/2016
[month] => 3
[day] => 10
[year] => 2016
[dow] => 4
[abbrevdayname] => Thu
[dayname] => Thursday
[abbrevmonth] => Mar
[monthname] => March
)
*/