PHP Convert from 'd/m/Y - h:i:s A' to timestamp

Question

I want to convert format d/m/Y - h:i:s A to a timestamp in PHP.

I tried:

$time = '26/07/2014 - 03:59:23 PM';
$time2 = strtotime($time);

But that returns null

`strtotime` doesn't know all formats. You can look up supported date formats here: http://php.net/manual/de/datetime.formats.php — CodeBrauer, Jun 24 '15 at 13:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 24 '15 at 13:05

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This is easiest when using the DateTime class:

$dateString = '26/07/2014 - 03:59:23 PM';
$datetime   = DateTime::createFromFormat('d/m/Y - h:i:s A', $dateString);

echo $datetime->getTimestamp();

An example of this code is here.

answered Jun 24 '15 at 13:05

Phylogenesis

Thank You, how I can but this 'd/m/Y - h:i:s A' format in input value type datatime-local – Muhannad Alsuleimani Jun 24 '15 at 14:12
By using [`DateTime::format()`](http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php), such as: `$datetime->format('My format');`. – Phylogenesis Jun 24 '15 at 14:21
I did this: But the value not shown in the form – Muhannad Alsuleimani Jun 24 '15 at 14:28
Why would it? Use the DateTime class as specified in my answer. – Phylogenesis Jun 24 '15 at 14:40

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