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AeroCross
AeroCross

Reputation: 4319

DATETIME to real time in PHP

Getting the time from a Wordpress post (the field being post_date_gmt stored in DATETIME), how can I convert that information (e.g 2011-03-23 20:28:26) to an actual, maleable date in PHP? (like Thursday, March 23rd, 2011)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1611

Answers (3)

kazinix
kazinix

Reputation: 30103

Use 

date(formatString, yourDate)

or 

gmdate(formatString, yourDate)

format string example: 'D, d M Y H:i:s T'

Upvotes: 0

zerkms
zerkms

Reputation: 254916

echo date('r', strtotime($datetime));

echo date('r', strtotime('2011-03-23 20:28:26'));

echo date('l, F jS, Y', strtotime('2011-03-23 20:28:26'));

See date() for more formatting options.

Upvotes: 3

Francois Deschenes
Francois Deschenes

Reputation: 24969

You can use strtotime or the DateTime class.

// Using strtotime
$date = strtotime($row['post_date_gmt']);

// Using the DateTime class
$date = new DateTime($row['post_date_gmt']);

Because the date is in GMT and you're server most likely isn't, it may be wise to specify the time zone as well. Here's an example using DateTimeZone.

$timezone = new DateTimeZone('UTC');
$date = new DateTime($row['post_date_gmt'], $timezone);

Upvotes: 1

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