Add number of hours to date through "variable" in php not statically

Question

I have stored the date and time in database like this 2015-06-31 14:00 And i want to add some hours to the date field through variable how can i add

<?php
//set an date and time to work with
$start = '2015-06-31 14:00';
$hours='05:00';

//display the converted time
echo date('Y-m-d H:i',strtotime("+{$hours} hours",strtotime($start)));
?>

Possible duplicate of [Add 'x' amount of hours to date](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11386308/add-x-amount-of-hours-to-date) — Suyog, Oct 31 '15 at 09:27
But this one not working for me can you explain whats wrong with this code — Divesh, Oct 31 '15 at 09:32
as I add 5.00 hrs then it will show 2015-06-31 19:00 or when i add 12:00 hrs it will show 2015-07-01 02:00 — Divesh, Oct 31 '15 at 09:46
2015-06-31 its a wrong date, please check calendar, it should be 2015-06-30 — Devendra Singh Bhandari, Oct 31 '15 at 09:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 31 '15 at 09:56

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Check this

//set an date and time to work with
$start = '2015-06-30 14:00';
$hours= 5;

//display the converted time
echo date('Y-m-d H:i',strtotime("+{$hours} hours",strtotime($start)));

The output is 2015-06-30 19:00

answered Oct 31 '15 at 09:56

Suyog

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perfect, you fixed the date! – Devendra Singh Bhandari Oct 31 '15 at 09:57

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 31 '15 at 10:00

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Try this

<?php
$start = '2015-10-31 14:00';
$hours = '05:00';

$date = new DateTime($start);
$date->modify(sprintf("+%d hours", $hours));
echo $date->format("Y-m-d H:i");
?>

Output:

2015-10-31 19:00

answered Oct 31 '15 at 10:00

Devendra Singh Bhandari

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Add number of hours to date through "variable" in php not statically

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