How to display the time in this format?

Question

The time should be displayed like this 0000:00:0:00:00 to the user which stands for YYYY:WW:D:HH:MM. I will need methods to add/reduce/set the time.

How can I use PHP DateTime() to achieve this? It should always be displayed in this format, even if I only have one hour it should be displayed like this 0000:00:0:01:00.

I appreciate any help!

Your question is clear but the comments to the answers below seems as the question is not clear after all. Edit your question with some samples. What should be the input, and what should the output be? — Andreas, Nov 09 '19 at 08:29
As clearly stated, I start with `0000:00:0:00:00`, I need function to edit the time and the output should ALWAYS be in this format, e.g `0000:00:0:01:00` for a day. — termum, Nov 09 '19 at 08:36

Minatula Shakhbazov · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-09T08:07:23.120

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Try this:

echo date('Y:m:j:h:i');

https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Second argument for date is timestamp

edited Nov 09 '19 at 08:07

answered Nov 09 '19 at 07:52

Minatula Shakhbazov

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But if I reduce the years to 1 for example, how could I still have 3 digits in front of the 1? – termum Nov 09 '19 at 07:54
It will print 0001 year – Minatula Shakhbazov Nov 09 '19 at 07:57
I tried this `$date = new DateTime('2019-45-09 12:07'); echo $date->format('Y:w:d H:i');` and I get a fatal error. – termum Nov 09 '19 at 08:17
Because you gave to constructor date 2019-45-09 45 month doesn't exists – Minatula Shakhbazov Nov 09 '19 at 08:22
$date = new DateTime('2019-05-09 12:07'); echo $date->format('Y:m:j:h:i'); – Minatula Shakhbazov Nov 09 '19 at 08:23
I don't want the month to be displayed – termum Nov 09 '19 at 08:23
Delete it) $date = new DateTime('2019-05-09 12:07'); echo $date->format('Y:j:h:i'); – Minatula Shakhbazov Nov 09 '19 at 08:24
What is `j`? And where are the days? Thanks for your help so far! – termum Nov 09 '19 at 08:28
See this page https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php . It has table with explanation all format letters(for expample j Day of the month without leading zeros 1 to 31). – Minatula Shakhbazov Nov 09 '19 at 08:30

LF00 · Answer 2 · 2019-11-09T08:58:34.463

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Do it with echo date('Y:W:j:H:i'); PHP Manual date

Y   A full numeric representation of a year, 4 digits           Examples: 1999 or 2003
W   ISO-8601 week number of year, weeks starting on Monday      Example: 42 (the 42nd week in the year)
m   Numeric representation of a month, with leading zeros       01 through 12
j   Day of the month without leading zeros                      1 to 31
H   24-hour format of an hour with leading zeros                00 through 23
i   Minutes with leading zeros                                  00 to 59

For your issue refer to How to create datetime from week number Here is the Demo

$str = '2019-45-09 12:07';
$arr = explode(" ",$str);
$date_arr = explode("-",$arr[0]);
$time_arr = explode(":",$arr[1]);
$date = new DateTime();
$date->setISODate($date_arr[0],$date_arr[1],$date_arr[2])->setTime($time_arr[0],$time_arr[1]);
echo $date->format("Y-W-d H:i:s") . PHP_EOL;
$date->add(new DateInterval("P1D"));
echo $date->format("Y-W-d H:i:s");

edited Nov 09 '19 at 08:58

answered Nov 09 '19 at 08:05

LF00

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Where are the weeks? – termum Nov 09 '19 at 08:17
Also, how could I modify that value? – termum Nov 09 '19 at 08:17
Modify what value? – LF00 Nov 09 '19 at 08:17
I need a way to modify the date afterwards. – termum Nov 09 '19 at 08:20
I tried using DateTime() but it messes up the format. See my comment on the other answer. – termum Nov 09 '19 at 08:22
@termum Check my answer now. – LF00 Nov 09 '19 at 09:00

How to display the time in this format?

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