[Resolved] Convert Unix time back to readable time

kcgame

Hi,

I have been using the following codes to convert time():

list($year, $month, $day, $hour) = explode(':', date('Y:n:d:H', time())); 
$now_time = mktime($hour, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year);

It ouptuts 1119603600 for me to store in the database.

However, now i'm having problem to convert it back to 'readable' format..
For example, i want to pull out this '1119603600' from database and show to the user according to its time like [xx:xx:xx Mth Day Year] format.

How can i achieve these?
Any help / comments will be appreciated. Thank you.

bsgrules

whats wrong with using date(). You do know that the 2nd parameter on that function is for the timestamp to be used.

liquorvicar

why use this

list($year, $month, $day, $hour) = explode(':', date('Y:n:d:H', time())); 
$now_time = mktime($hour, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year);

can't you just use

$now_time = time();

or am i missing something obvious?

kcgame

I'm using the above function to round the time to current hour like1119614400 instead of 1119614735.

Are there ways to tell the exact time from the following?

1119614400

Actually i use the above function to convert all time to int value to store in database then comparing them to find differences etc.
Now i need to tell the exact time from the string of numbers..I believe there is function to do it right 😕

Really appreciate any kind of help 🙂

To bsgrules,
Sorry, i didn't get exactly what you mean..

bsgrules

Originally posted by bsgrules
whats wrong with using date(). You do know that the 2nd parameter on that function is for the timestamp to be used.

liquorvicar

doh, i knew i had missed something - too much coffee :o

you get a human-readable time format use date() as bsgrules said:

 echo(date('Y:n:d:H', $now_time));

as regards your conversion, have you tried just doing this:

$now_time = strtotime(date('Y:n:d:H', time()));

Installer

This will give you the timestamp for the current hour:

$current_hour_ts = strtotime(date('H'));

liquorvicar: Yours won't work because 'Y:n:d:H' isn't a format recognized by strtotime(). 🙂

kcgame

Thanks everyone for the help😃

Actually i just found out that what i need is the date function with my $now_time inserted as the second parameter as what bsgrules had said (thanks a lot there).

Managed to format the output as what i want via the following:

date('G\0\0\h\r\s d M Y', $now_time);

Thanks again🙂