String to time in php

Question

I am making a web application that connects to user's Dropbox account. When i retrieve metadata of files and folders, Dropbox returns corresponding modified dates on following format:

"Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:31:20 +0000"

How can i convert this to following format?

21/08/2010 22:31

Any help will be much appreciated.

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '11 at 14:40

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Many questions on formatting dates, you should find what you are looking for by searching.

Here a quicky:

echo date("d/m/Y H:i", strtotime($sOriginalformat));

answered May 25 '11 at 14:40

Wesley van Opdorp

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 25 '11 at 14:40

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You could use the function strtotime(). Have a look at the Manual.

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 25 '11 at 14:40

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strtotime("Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:31:20 +0000");

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Arun David

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Thanks. But that was what I was doing. But I was getting 1306315565 as a result. Doesnt make any sense to me. – Prashant May 25 '11 at 14:41
@Prashant That's a UNIX timestamp. `strtotime` converts the time into an integer that represents the time. `date` can then interpret this value and format it as you wish. – lonesomeday May 25 '11 at 14:44
date("d/m/Y H:i",strtotime("Sat, 21 Aug 2010 22:31:20 +0000")); – Arun David May 25 '11 at 14:47

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered May 25 '11 at 14:42

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You can use strtotime. If you might ever want to do more complex things, have a look at the DateTime class. It is powerful and intuitive -- I think it's more transparent than mucking around with the timestamp yourself.

$dt = new DateTime($sOriginalFormat);
$sNewFormat = $dt->format("d/m/Y H:i");

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precisely what i wanted:) Thanks a lot. – Prashant May 25 '11 at 14:45

String to time in php

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