I want to get the timestamp of next day 12PM in PHP

Question

i want to get the timestamp of tomorrow at 12PM, i can do this using the line of code below

strtotime('tomorrow noon');

But the problem am having is that, when the current time is 00:00 at midnight, am getting the next day timestamp, i want it such when the time is 00:00 at midnight, it should still give the timestamp of noon of the new day not the next day.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 05 '19 at 20:41

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You can do a simple ternary:

strtotime((date('H:i') == '00:00' ? '' : 'tomorrow ').'noon');

Or with a simple if case:

if (date('H:i') == '00:00') {
    $noon = strtotime('noon');
} else {
    $noon = strtotime('tomorrow noon');
}

answered Dec 05 '19 at 20:41

Chin Leung

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@Slipstream I don't understand what you mean. – Chin Leung Dec 05 '19 at 21:05
sorry for my bad English, what am trying to say is that, i have tried to use that logic before it fails. – Slipstream Dec 05 '19 at 21:21
@Slipstream No worries. Can you try to explain what you want to achieve? – Chin Leung Dec 05 '19 at 21:23

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 05 '19 at 20:54

I'm imagining you might like to display the current day at noon if it is not yet noon, otherwise show the time tomorrow at noon. If this is the case, the following might be helpful:

$noon = strtotime('now') < strtotime('noon') 
? strtotime('noon') 
: strtotime('tomorrow noon')

I want to get the timestamp of next day 12PM in PHP

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