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PHP Date Time: Converting Strings to Timestamps

Tag: date, time, timestamp, string   Category: PHP Basic
post: 20 Mar 2008 read: 727


PHP Date Time Tips - Part 4: Do you want to convert a string into corresponding UNIX timestamp? You can use strtotime() function. Such as: 

<?php

$str = "20080808";
$tm  = strtotime($str);

// format as readable date/time value
echo date("l, d F Y h:i:s A", $tm);
?>


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

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