Splitting up the date using sscanf

Question

I have a date like this

2015-10-09T19:30:00

list($y, $M, $d, $h, $m, $s) = sscanf($instance->Start, "$d-$d-$dT$d:$d:$d");

^ I am trying to apply this sscanf to split the components up but I am getting bugs at the T section

ultimately want something like this

$z = "Europe/London";
$timestamp = $d."-".$M."-".$y."T".$h.":".$m.":".$s." ".$z;

Sougata Bose · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-23T10:39:16.410

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You can use DateTime Interface -

$date = new DateTime('2015-10-09T19:30:00');
echo $date->format('d-m-Y').' T '.$date->format('H:i:s').' Europe/London';

Output

09-10-2015 T 19:30:00 Europe/London

correct answer

echo $date->format('d-m-Y').' UTC '.$date->format('H:i:s').' Europe/London';

edited Jun 23 '15 at 10:39

answered Jun 23 '15 at 09:58

Sougata Bose

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its close - but I am getting 2:30am when converting it to a unix timestamp date_default_timezone_set('Europe/London'); $date = new DateTime($instance->Start); $tmp["FullData"] = strtotime($date->format('d-m-Y').' T '.$date->format('H:i:s').' Europe/London'); – The Old County Jun 23 '15 at 10:15
You have to change the timezone as `T` -> `UTC` – Sougata Bose Jun 23 '15 at 10:17
but i need the timezone to be GMT - London time... so really its got to come out 19:30 – The Old County Jun 23 '15 at 10:23
are you saying ... echo $date->format('d-m-Y').' UTC '.$date->format('H:i:s').' Europe/London'; – The Old County Jun 23 '15 at 10:23
Then set it to that timezone. – Sougata Bose Jun 23 '15 at 10:24
I think you fixed it man. Thank you - man that was a mind scramble – The Old County Jun 23 '15 at 10:28
So what is T -- I thought that was the standard indicator for the DateTime to know that that is TIME – The Old County Jun 23 '15 at 10:29

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 23 '15 at 10:04

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<?php

$date = "2015-10-09T19:30:00";
$z = "Europe/London";

sscanf($date, "%d-%d-%dT%d:%d:%d", $year, $month, $day, $hours, $minutes, $seconds);

$timestamp = $day."-".$month."-".$year."T".$hours.":".$minutes.":".$seconds." ".$z;
echo $timestamp;

?>

answered Jun 23 '15 at 10:04

PHPeter

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This answer is missing its educational explanation. – mickmackusa Aug 25 '21 at 23:51

Splitting up the date using sscanf

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