PHP - milliseconds to hours:minutes (24 hour date)

Question

How can I get 24-hour format date (hours and minutes) from milliseconds?

I got this milliseconds value: 1433630097855

I want it to print out the time in hours/minutes. I can't remember exactly what time that was, but I think it's around 00:45

So it should print out like: 00:45

If it was 3 o'clock in afternoon, it should print out something like: 15:25

I couldn't find this conversion for 24h format and when it's 00:xx i tried some but it prints out just "0"

Like:

0:10

I want it like 00: in beginning.

Is there perhaps a quick command for this already in php or do i need some function?

PHP's [DateTime](http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php) offers a whole range of date & time formatting options — , Jun 06 '15 at 22:43
You should see thoses threads : - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/557959/php-convert-milliseconds-to-date - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17909871/getting-date-format-m-d-y-his-u-from-milliseconds — Akimoto, Jun 06 '15 at 22:45
Assuming that it's milliseconds from 1-1-1970 00:00:00 GMT, `$var = DateTime::createFromFormat('U', intval(1433630097855 / 1000)); echo $var->format('H:i:s');` gives `22:34:57` today — Mark Baker, Jun 06 '15 at 22:59
Thats what Im trying to fix. Right now it's 01:19 CEST here. It gives me 13:19 for some reason when I use that code @MarkBaker — TyhaiMahy, Jun 06 '15 at 23:19
Well a Unix timestamp should be UTC, so you need to set the timezone for the DateTime object to your local time: `$var = DateTime::createFromFormat('U', intval(1433630097855 / 1000)); $var->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone('Europe/Copenhagen')); echo $var->format('H:i:s');` — Mark Baker, Jun 06 '15 at 23:36

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 07 '15 at 06:11

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Convert miliseconds to seconds 1433630097855 / 1000 and then just use seconds (integer timestamp) in datetime functions that you are familiar with. And don't forget about the timezone.

$ms = 1433630097855;
$s = floor($ms/1000);
echo date('H:i:s', $s); # 22:34:57

demo

If you wish the output for other timezone, set it:

date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
echo date('H:i:s', $s); # 15:34:57

demo

You can even use DateTime class, like:

$dt = new DateTime("@$s");
$dt->setTimeZone(new DateTimeZone('America/Los_Angeles'));
echo $dt->format('H:i:s'); # 15:34:57

demo

answered Jun 07 '15 at 06:11

Glavić

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Nice solution, but it will only work for only max 24 hours :( – kkochanski Oct 02 '15 at 13:48
@DaVilchi: true, this is what OP needed. If you need to show also days, use [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/19680778/67332). – Glavić Oct 03 '15 at 08:29
You saved my day, was looking for this answer for 4-6 hours :) – Alauddin Ahmed May 19 '19 at 08:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '15 at 22:43

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You can use create a new date object form the timestamp

http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

answered Jun 06 '15 at 22:43

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