How do I convert date/time from 24-hour format to 12-hour AM/PM?

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From a data feed I'm getting date and time in this format:

19:24:15 06/13/2013

I need to have it converted to be in 12-hour AM/PM without the seconds. So the above time would be 7:24 PM. The date should remain in mm/dd/yyyy format. Is there an elegant way to do this in PHP (not MySQL)? Thanks!

Read the accepted answer. If you look at the applicable documentation, you'll see it's exactly what you're looking for. — , Jun 13 '13 at 22:24
Not duplicate of: 'Convert date from YYYYMMDD to DD/MM/YYYY format in PHP'. — kenorb, Nov 14 '15 at 00:19
Proper duplicate: [How to get Am/ PM from a datetime in php](http://stackoverflow.com/q/3404699/55075). — kenorb, Nov 14 '15 at 00:20
Actually this one: [How to convert the time from AM/PM to 24 hour format in PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/q/16955209/55075) — kenorb, Nov 14 '15 at 00:21

Fabio · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-13T22:38:11.680

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I think you can use date() function to achive this

$date = '19:24:15 06/13/2013'; 
echo date('h:i:s a m/d/Y', strtotime($date));

This will output

07:24:15 pm 06/13/2013

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h is used for 12 digit time
i stands for minutes
s seconds
a will return am or pm (use in uppercase for AM PM)
m is used for months with digits
d is used for days in digit
Y uppercase is used for 4 digit year (use it lowercase for two digit)

Updated

This is with DateTime

$date = new DateTime('19:24:15 06/13/2013');
echo $date->format('h:i:s a m/d/Y') ;

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edited Jun 13 '13 at 22:38

answered Jun 13 '13 at 22:24

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How do you make the hour single digit, so '09' is '9'? Thanks! – Edward Jun 13 '13 at 22:46
I just found it, 'g' is for without leading zeros on the hour. – Edward Jun 13 '13 at 22:51

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 05 '18 at 10:50

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You can use date function to format it by using the code below:

echo date("g:i a", strtotime("13:30:30 UTC"));

output: 1:30 pm

edited Apr 05 '18 at 10:50

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answered Apr 05 '18 at 10:33

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Dexter · Answer 3 · 2023-08-06T14:37:19.613

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Use smaller h

# 24 hrs 
H:i 
// output 14:20

# 12 hrs 
h:i 
// output 2:20

edited Aug 06 '23 at 14:37

answered Jul 25 '18 at 09:46

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How do I convert date/time from 24-hour format to 12-hour AM/PM?

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