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Reputation: 15052

PHP - Why does time() return different number of seconds than strtotime(date())

I found out that these two returns different numbers - but both should give a timestamp.

strtotime( date("Y-m-d h:i:s") ); //currently 1447570497
time(); //currently 1447613697

The difference is exactly 12 hours (43200 seconds), also same thing happens for:

(new DateTime( date("Y-m-d h:i:s") ))->getTimestamp(); //acts like strtotime+date
(new DateTime("now"))->getTimestamp(); //acts like time()

Why is this happening? (Since it's 12 hours it is probably not daylight-saving time issue)

Is it something with 24 vs 12 hours - modes?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 89

Answers (1)

John Conde
John Conde

Reputation: 219894

You need to use H in date() to get the correct time after 12pm. Otherwise you will be off by 1 - 12 hours.

strtotime( date("Y-m-d H:i:s") ); //currently 1447570497

Upvotes: 5

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