DateTime from unix timestamp is wrong

Question

I have a string "2013-10-09 00:00:00" and I use the code below to change it to a timestamp

date_default_timezone_set($timeZone);
$timeStamp = strtotime("2013-10-09 00:00:00"); //echos 1381269600

When I do

date_default_timezone_set($timeZone);
date("Y-m-d H:m",$timeStamp);

I get 2013-10-09 00:10:00. This is completely strange. Why do I get this 10 minutes difference?

`date("Y-m-d H:m",$timeStamp);` minutes is `i` ;) – SubjectCurio Nov 19 '13 at 14:50 — SubjectCurio, Nov 19 '13 at 14:50
It's amazing how often this exact issue pops up here – John Conde Nov 19 '13 at 14:50 — John Conde, Nov 19 '13 at 14:50

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 19 '13 at 14:49

8

Because you are using the m which is for the month not for the minute. You need to use i.

Your code should be

date("Y-m-d H:i", $timeStamp);

answered Nov 19 '13 at 14:49

SamV

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