PHP Date Time: Converting Minutes to Hours



PHP Date Time Tips - Part 15: Do you want to convert minutes to hours? You can divide or multiply by 60 and add the reminder. Like this:
<?php
$mm = 321;

// convert to hh:mm format
// result 05h 21m
echo sprintf("%02dh %02dm", floor($mm/60), $mm%60);
?>
<?php 
$hhmm = "05:21";

$arr = explode(":", $hhmm);
echo $arr[0] * 60 + $arr[1] . " minutes";
?>


Series this article:
PHP Date Time: Getting Current
PHP Date Time: Checking Date Validity
PHP Date Time: Formating Timestamp
PHP Date Time: Converting Strings to Timestamps
PHP Date Time: Using English-language time descriptors
PHP Date Time: Checking Leap Years
PHP Date Time: Finding The Number of Days in a Month
PHP Date Time: Finding the Day in Year Number for a Date
PHP Date Time: Finding The Number of Weeks in Year Number for a Date
PHP Date Time: Finding the Day Name for a Date
PHP Date Time: Finding The Total Number of Days in Year
PHP Date Time: Finding The Total Number of Weeks in Year
PHP Date Time: Converting Local Time to GMT
PHP Date Time: Converting Between Different Time Zones
PHP Date Time: Finding the Year Quarter for a Date
PHP Date Time: Converting Minutes to Hours
PHP Date Time: Comparing Dates


Tag: date, time, minute, hour Category: PHP Basic Post : March 21st 2008 Read: 2,428 Bookmark and Share

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