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user1032531
user1032531

Reputation: 26281

Display php time if not 00:00:00

How do I display the time only if it is not 00:00:00? This works, however, I question whether there is a less cryptic way of doing so. Note that the datetimes provided will be standard MySQL datetime data types, and the desired datetimes to be displayed will vary. Thanks

<?php
function formatDate($d)
{
    $f='Y-m-d'.((strlen($d)==19 && substr($d, -8)!='00:00:00')?' H:i:s':null);
    $date = new DateTime($d);
    return $date->format($f);
}
echo(formatDate("2014-11-02 02:04:05").'<br>');
echo(formatDate("2014-11-02 00:00:00").'<br>');
?>

Upvotes: 0

Views: 4658

Answers (1)

Mark Miller
Mark Miller

Reputation: 7447

Your method seems fine, but you could also do this:

$f = 'Y-m-d' . (date('H:i:s', strtotime($d)) != '00:00:00' ? ' H:i:s' : '');

See demo

Update:

@zerkms makes a great point in his comment. Why reformat into the same format? Unless you are going to use a different format than Y-m-d, then you might be better served not using a function at all, and just using str_replace(). Or you could simplify your function as such:

function formatDate($d)
{
    return str_replace(' 00:00:00', '', $d);
}

See demo 2

Upvotes: 2

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