I'm using a database where in the table I have the time after it was saved using time()
Is there any way formatting it to human readable way (date and time)?
Thanks
yes, you can use date function for that.
echo date("F j, Y, g:i a", $timestamp);
Output will be in following format:
// March 10, 2001, 5:16 pm
you use this query:
SELECT DATE_FORMAT(timestamp, '%M %d, %Y %h:%i:%s %p') as mydate
see DATE_FORMAT for more info
Check here
PHP Date() Documentation
There's a table with every option
An example:
date('Y m d')
prints
2013 07 19
If you have trouble with the data displaying from some of the other answers there is also this function strtotime which may help parse it.
echo date("F j, Y, g:i a", strtotime($timestamp));
After querying the database for the timestamp, pass it through the function formatTime. This creates a new DateTime object in php called $data that can also easily be manipulated if you need. The examples below formats the date in two different ways, both work.
Procedural Style:
function formatTime($millis) {
$date = new DateTime($millis);
return date_format($date, 'l, jS F Y \a\t g:ia');
}
Object Oriented Style:
function formatTime($millis) {
$date = new DateTime($millis);
return $date->format('l, jS F Y \a\t g:ia');
}
The format for date can be found at this link:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
Cheers!
Related
I have a datetime column in MySQL.
How can I convert it to the display as mm/dd/yy H:M (AM/PM) using PHP?
If you're looking for a way to normalize a date into MySQL format, use the following
$phpdate = strtotime( $mysqldate );
$mysqldate = date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $phpdate );
The line $phpdate = strtotime( $mysqldate ) accepts a string and performs a series of heuristics to turn that string into a unix timestamp.
The line $mysqldate = date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $phpdate ) uses that timestamp and PHP's date function to turn that timestamp back into MySQL's standard date format.
(Editor Note: This answer is here because of an original question with confusing wording, and the general Google usefulness this answer provided even if it didnt' directly answer the question that now exists)
To convert a date retrieved from MySQL into the format requested (mm/dd/yy H:M (AM/PM)):
// $datetime is something like: 2014-01-31 13:05:59
$time = strtotime($datetimeFromMysql);
$myFormatForView = date("m/d/y g:i A", $time);
// $myFormatForView is something like: 01/31/14 1:05 PM
Refer to the PHP date formatting options to adjust the format.
If you are using PHP 5, you can also try
$oDate = new DateTime($row->createdate);
$sDate = $oDate->format("Y-m-d H:i:s");
$valid_date = date( 'm/d/y g:i A', strtotime($date));
Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
Finally the right solution for PHP 5.3 and above:
(added optional Timezone to the Example like mentioned in the comments)
without time zone:
$date = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $mysql_source_date);
echo $date->format('m/d/y h:i a');
with time zone:
$date = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $mysql_source_date, new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Berlin'));
echo $date->format('m/d/y h:i a');
An easier way would be to format the date directly in the MySQL query, instead of PHP. See the MySQL manual entry for DATE_FORMAT.
If you'd rather do it in PHP, then you need the date function, but you'll have to convert your database value into a timestamp first.
Forget all. Just use:
$date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s",strtotime(str_replace('/','-',$date)))
To correctly format a DateTime object in PHP for storing in MySQL use the standardised format that MySQL uses, which is ISO 8601.
PHP has had this format stored as a constant since version 5.1.1, and I highly recommend using it rather than manually typing the string each time.
$dtNow = new DateTime();
$mysqlDateTime = $dtNow->format(DateTime::ISO8601);
This, and a list of other PHP DateTime constants are available at http://php.net/manual/en/class.datetime.php#datetime.constants.types
This should format a field in an SQL query:
SELECT DATE_FORMAT( `fieldname` , '%d-%m-%Y' ) FROM tablename
Use the date function:
<?php
echo date("m/d/y g:i (A)", $DB_Date_Field);
?>
Depending on your MySQL datetime configuration. Typically: 2011-12-31 07:55:13 format. This very simple function should do the magic:
function datetime()
{
return date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', time());
}
echo datetime(); // display example: 2011-12-31 07:55:13
Or a bit more advance to match the question.
function datetime($date_string = false)
{
if (!$date_string)
{
$date_string = time();
}
return date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime($date_string));
}
SELECT
DATE_FORMAT(demo.dateFrom, '%e.%M.%Y') as dateFrom,
DATE_FORMAT(demo.dateUntil, '%e.%M.%Y') as dateUntil
FROM demo
If you dont want to change every function in your PHP code, to show the expected date format, change it at the source - your database.
It is important to name the rows with the as operator as in the example above (as dateFrom, as dateUntil). The names you write there are the names, the rows will be called in your result.
The output of this example will be
[Day of the month, numeric (0..31)].[Month name (January..December)].[Year, numeric, four digits]
Example: 5.August.2015
Change the dots with the separator of choice and check the DATE_FORMAT(date,format) function for more date formats.
You can also have your query return the time as a Unix timestamp. That would get rid of the need to call strtotime() and make things a bit less intensive on the PHP side...
select UNIX_TIMESTAMP(timsstamp) as unixtime from the_table where id = 1234;
Then in PHP just use the date() function to format it whichever way you'd like.
<?php
echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A', $row->unixtime);
?>
or
<?php
echo date('F j, Y, g:i a', $row->unixtime);
?>
I like this approach as opposed to using MySQL's DATE_FORMAT function, because it allows you to reuse the same query to grab the data and allows you to alter the formatting in PHP.
It's annoying to have two different queries just to change the way the date looks in the UI.
You can have trouble with dates not returned in Unix Timestamp, so this works for me...
return date("F j, Y g:i a", strtotime(substr($datestring, 0, 15)))
This will work...
echo date('m/d/y H:i (A)',strtotime($data_from_mysql));
Using PHP version 4.4.9 & MySQL 5.0, this worked for me:
$oDate = strtotime($row['PubDate']);
$sDate = date("m/d/y",$oDate);
echo $sDate
PubDate is the column in MySQL.
Direct output e.g. in German format:
echo(date('d.m.Y H:i:s', strtotime($row["date_added"])));
$date = "'".date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime(str_replace('-', '/', $_POST['date'])))."'";
I have a datetime column in MySQL.
How can I convert it to the display as mm/dd/yy H:M (AM/PM) using PHP?
If you're looking for a way to normalize a date into MySQL format, use the following
$phpdate = strtotime( $mysqldate );
$mysqldate = date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $phpdate );
The line $phpdate = strtotime( $mysqldate ) accepts a string and performs a series of heuristics to turn that string into a unix timestamp.
The line $mysqldate = date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', $phpdate ) uses that timestamp and PHP's date function to turn that timestamp back into MySQL's standard date format.
(Editor Note: This answer is here because of an original question with confusing wording, and the general Google usefulness this answer provided even if it didnt' directly answer the question that now exists)
To convert a date retrieved from MySQL into the format requested (mm/dd/yy H:M (AM/PM)):
// $datetime is something like: 2014-01-31 13:05:59
$time = strtotime($datetimeFromMysql);
$myFormatForView = date("m/d/y g:i A", $time);
// $myFormatForView is something like: 01/31/14 1:05 PM
Refer to the PHP date formatting options to adjust the format.
If you are using PHP 5, you can also try
$oDate = new DateTime($row->createdate);
$sDate = $oDate->format("Y-m-d H:i:s");
$valid_date = date( 'm/d/y g:i A', strtotime($date));
Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
Finally the right solution for PHP 5.3 and above:
(added optional Timezone to the Example like mentioned in the comments)
without time zone:
$date = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $mysql_source_date);
echo $date->format('m/d/y h:i a');
with time zone:
$date = \DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $mysql_source_date, new \DateTimeZone('UTC'));
$date->setTimezone(new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Berlin'));
echo $date->format('m/d/y h:i a');
An easier way would be to format the date directly in the MySQL query, instead of PHP. See the MySQL manual entry for DATE_FORMAT.
If you'd rather do it in PHP, then you need the date function, but you'll have to convert your database value into a timestamp first.
Forget all. Just use:
$date = date("Y-m-d H:i:s",strtotime(str_replace('/','-',$date)))
To correctly format a DateTime object in PHP for storing in MySQL use the standardised format that MySQL uses, which is ISO 8601.
PHP has had this format stored as a constant since version 5.1.1, and I highly recommend using it rather than manually typing the string each time.
$dtNow = new DateTime();
$mysqlDateTime = $dtNow->format(DateTime::ISO8601);
This, and a list of other PHP DateTime constants are available at http://php.net/manual/en/class.datetime.php#datetime.constants.types
This should format a field in an SQL query:
SELECT DATE_FORMAT( `fieldname` , '%d-%m-%Y' ) FROM tablename
Use the date function:
<?php
echo date("m/d/y g:i (A)", $DB_Date_Field);
?>
Depending on your MySQL datetime configuration. Typically: 2011-12-31 07:55:13 format. This very simple function should do the magic:
function datetime()
{
return date( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', time());
}
echo datetime(); // display example: 2011-12-31 07:55:13
Or a bit more advance to match the question.
function datetime($date_string = false)
{
if (!$date_string)
{
$date_string = time();
}
return date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime($date_string));
}
SELECT
DATE_FORMAT(demo.dateFrom, '%e.%M.%Y') as dateFrom,
DATE_FORMAT(demo.dateUntil, '%e.%M.%Y') as dateUntil
FROM demo
If you dont want to change every function in your PHP code, to show the expected date format, change it at the source - your database.
It is important to name the rows with the as operator as in the example above (as dateFrom, as dateUntil). The names you write there are the names, the rows will be called in your result.
The output of this example will be
[Day of the month, numeric (0..31)].[Month name (January..December)].[Year, numeric, four digits]
Example: 5.August.2015
Change the dots with the separator of choice and check the DATE_FORMAT(date,format) function for more date formats.
You can also have your query return the time as a Unix timestamp. That would get rid of the need to call strtotime() and make things a bit less intensive on the PHP side...
select UNIX_TIMESTAMP(timsstamp) as unixtime from the_table where id = 1234;
Then in PHP just use the date() function to format it whichever way you'd like.
<?php
echo date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A', $row->unixtime);
?>
or
<?php
echo date('F j, Y, g:i a', $row->unixtime);
?>
I like this approach as opposed to using MySQL's DATE_FORMAT function, because it allows you to reuse the same query to grab the data and allows you to alter the formatting in PHP.
It's annoying to have two different queries just to change the way the date looks in the UI.
You can have trouble with dates not returned in Unix Timestamp, so this works for me...
return date("F j, Y g:i a", strtotime(substr($datestring, 0, 15)))
This will work...
echo date('m/d/y H:i (A)',strtotime($data_from_mysql));
Using PHP version 4.4.9 & MySQL 5.0, this worked for me:
$oDate = strtotime($row['PubDate']);
$sDate = date("m/d/y",$oDate);
echo $sDate
PubDate is the column in MySQL.
Direct output e.g. in German format:
echo(date('d.m.Y H:i:s', strtotime($row["date_added"])));
$date = "'".date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime(str_replace('-', '/', $_POST['date'])))."'";
I have dates currently in this format: yy-mm-dd (e.g. 2011-11-18)
I want them in this format: Friday 18 November 2011
I've tried reading through the PHP documentation manual, but I can't see how to manage dates in the format that I have. If the date needs to be in a different order I can arrange that, but I'm a bit stuck at the meoment.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Use PHP5s new date classes. Much cleaner:
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', '2011-11-18');
echo $date->format('l d F Y');
date('l j F Y', strtotime($date));
Just use starttime to change the the dates in many formats using this link.
echo date('l d F Y');
gives you the date format you want.
This was all in the manual you yourself linked.
just use strtotime to get back a timestamp and then use date() to format that:
$date = '2011-11-18'; // your date
$timestamp = strtotime($date); // convert to a timestamp
$new_date = date('l j F Y',$timestamp) // format timestamp
echo $new_date;
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PHP convert one date into another date format
This is PHP
I have this result:
2011-09-20 13:00:00
I want to convert it into this format:
September 20 2011 1:00 pm
Do you know how to do that?
Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
try this:
$old_date = '2011-09-20 13:00:00';
$old_date_timestamp = strtotime($old_date);
$new_date = date('F j Y g:i a', $old_date_timestamp);
If that result comes from an object of type DateTime you can use the format function:
$date = new DateTime('2000-01-01');
echo $date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
and here all the formats you can have.. change it according to your needs.
You can get the UNIX-timestamp of a time string with strtotime() and you can get a differently designed time string with strftime()
For more information you can read the documentation here : http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
But also is simple. Lets see how
$d = "2011-09-20 13:00:00";
$d = strtotime($d);
$d = date("F m Y g:i a", $d);
echo $d;
Take a look at these PHP functions:
http://nl.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
and
http://nl.php.net/strtotime
To do something like this:
date('F d Y G:i',strtotime("2011-09-20 13:00:00")); // your required format
You can use this format
$date= date("F j Y g:i a");
if you have date in any variable then
$date= date("F j Y g:i a",strtotime($your_variable));
echo $date
echo date("F d Y g:i a",strtotime("2011-09-20 13:00:00 "));
echo date('F d Y g:i a', strtotime('2011-09-20 13:00:00'));
check the date format
I have date in format 2011-01-28 06:34:33 i.e. date("Y-m-d H:i:s"). I want to convert it into 28th January 2011.
How can I change it?
Supply the date function with your format, which can be found here. Pass the timestamp of your original date as the second parameter to date. You can obtain the timestamp by using strtotime.
date("dS F Y", strtotime("2011-01-28 06:34:33"));
Use
$dateStr = date("jS F Y", time());
The day value is without leading zero.
Try this echo date('jS F Y h:i:s A');