How to get the time with 2 digits?

[micke]

I'm working on a news-publisher, and when getting the time of posting, it doesn't show the minutes like "03".. I only get "3".. I would very much like to have a "0" before 1-digit minutes.. Do I really have to do a function to get it right?

[Anon]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

date(i);