How to get Am/ PM from a datetime in php

Question

Hi I have a date time in a variable. My format is 08/04/2010 22:15:00. I want to display this like 10.15 PM. How to do this in php? Does any one help me?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Use strtotime() to make the date a UNIX timestamp.

For output, check out the various options of date().

$timestamp = strtotime("08/04/2010 22:15:00");
date("h.i A", $timestamp);

Answer 2

Like this:

$date = '08/04/2010 22:15:00';
echo date('h:i A', strtotime($date));

Result:

10:15 PM

More Info:

• date
• strtotime

Answer 3

You need to convert it to a UNIX timestamp (using strtotime) and then back into the format you require using the date function.

For example:

$currentDateTime = '08/04/2010 22:15:00';
$newDateTime = date('h:i A', strtotime($currentDateTime));

Answer 4

$dateString = '08/04/2010 22:15:00';
$dateObject = new DateTime($dateString);
echo $dateObject->format('h:i A');