strtotime issue

Question

I have created a code like

<?=date('h:m A',strtotime('09:30:00'))?>

I am getting an output like 09:12 AM. The actual result will be 09:30 AM. Why getting a result like the above?

Answer 1

A quick look at the documentation of the date() function shows the mistake in your code:

m Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros
i Minutes with leading zeros

So you need i for the minute. The whole format string would be 'h:i A'

However, it would be much better if you didn't use the date function but strftime which uses standardized format variables:

<?=strftime('%I:%M %p', strtotime('09:30:00'))?>