Convert json timestamp with php

Question

I have a string that contains a "json timestamp" (I guess its called so, because of this question: The "right" JSON date format)

2015-08-11T09:19:25Z

Now I want to convert this string with php into something like this:

09:19 11.08.2015

I tried the date function, but it did not work.

have you seen in the other question ? > "There is no date format in JSON" — mmm, Aug 11 '15 at 18:48
Yea but also "You should use the format emitted by Date's toJSON method" and because of the "toJSON" I thought its a json timestamp — Zoker, Aug 11 '15 at 18:49
json has no "date" type, no time type. it has arrays, objects, integers, and strings, basically. your date is just a string. RTFM: http://php.net/date `date()` is for taking a unix timestamp and converting it to a human-readable date/time STRING. you want [date_create_from_format()](http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php) which takes in a time STRING, and gives you back a date/time object. — Marc B, Aug 11 '15 at 18:50

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 11 '15 at 18:50

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You can use DateTime to convert an ISO date to a format you want:

$a = new \DateTime("2015-08-11T09:19:25Z");
$b = $a->format('H:i d.m.Y');
var_dump($b);

answered Aug 11 '15 at 18:50

baao

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 11 '15 at 19:16

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if you want use date function from PHP, you must set correct timezone:

date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
var_dump(date("H:i d.m.Y", strtotime('2015-08-11T09:19:25Z')));

answered Aug 11 '15 at 19:16

Jiri Zachar

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