How to convert timestamp into mm:dd:yy format.

[kamill]

I have a timestamp type field into my mysql database table. Now threw php i need to change it into mm:dd:yy formate.Threw witch function i can do it. Please help me with an examole. suppose timestamp is this 20070209162211 then how can i convert it into mm:dd:yy formate.
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kamill

[stephane]

date( "d/m/Y", $unix_timestamp );

but 20070209162211 it isn't unix timestamp.
unix timestamp is a number of seconds from 1970 year

[stephane]

20070209162211 is
2007-02-09 16:22:11

it's more simple to convert. split this string by symbols using substr() and its all

[devsusen]

unix timestamp and value stored in mysql timestamp datatype are different. There is no such function which can convert mysql timestamp value to mm:dd:yy format.

So its better to use sustr() to get year, month, date, hour, minute, seconds then you can use it. the format for mysql timestamp type is YYYYMMDDhhmmss.

susen

[stephane]

unix timestamp and value stored in mysql timestamp datatype are different. There is no such function which can convert mysql timestamp value to mm:dd:yy format.
susen

you are wrong
there is a date() function to convert timestamp to every date format
http://www.php.net/date

[sunbin]

hi,

i have used this code block many times,

<?

$time_stamp=time(); //gives timestamp
$date_format=date("m:d:y",$time_stamp); // formats timestamp in mm:dd:yy 

print $date_format; // results here ... 02 : 11 : 07

?>

Solved ???

Sunbin

[devsusen]

you are wrong
there is a date() function to convert timestamp to every date format
http://www.php.net/date

date() can accept timestamp parameter if it is only unix timestamp not the value stored in mysql table as timestamp datatype.

Susen

[ronverdonk]

I cannot follow if you had your reply, so I'll throw this one in to convert your YYYYMMDDHHMMSS into MM: DD:YY:

echo sprintf("%02s:%02s:%02s", substr($date,4,2),substr($date,6,2),substr($date,2,2));

Ronald :cool:

[devsusen]

I cannot follow if you had your reply, so I'll throw this one in to convert your YYYYMMDDHHMMSS into MM: DD:YY:

echo sprintf("%02s:%02s:%02s", substr($date,4,2),substr($date,6,2),substr($date,2,2));

Ronald :cool:

I accept this as a good solution.

Susen

[ronverdonk]

I accept this as a good solution.

Susen

I am so glad you do!

Ronald :cool:

[ronlg]

I just learned how to do this properly...
What you want to do is have it all handled in your MySQL Query...


In my case, which might not work for you, I have:

$select = array();
$select[] = "MONTH(timeStamp) AS theMonth";
$select[] = "DAY(timeStamp) AS theDay";

That's just part of my query...

Later, when I want to echo the results, I use:

<?=$results["theMonth"]."/".$results["theDay"];?>

Hopefully this helps. One of our dev. guys just showed it to me and it works like a charm!

[billyb]

are these examples pulling the timestamp from a database row, and displaying in a new format?