How to get AM/PM from a datetime in PHP

Question

I have a date time in a variable. My format is 08/04/2010 22:15:00. I want to display this like 10.15 PM. How to do this in PHP?

Answer 1

You need to convert it to a UNIX timestamp (using strtotime) and then back into the format you require using the date function.

For example:

$currentDateTime = '08/04/2010 22:15:00';
$newDateTime = date('h:i A', strtotime($currentDateTime));

Answer 2

$dateString = '08/04/2010 22:15:00';
$dateObject = new DateTime($dateString);
echo $dateObject->format('h:i A');

Answer 3

Use strtotime() to make the date a UNIX timestamp.

For output, check out the various options of date().

$timestamp = strtotime("08/04/2010 22:15:00");
date("h.i A", $timestamp);

Answer 4

<?php 
$dateTime = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kolkata')); 
echo $dateTime->format("d/m/y  H:i A"); 
?>

You can use this to display the date like this

22/06/15 10:46 AM

Answer 5

Like this:

$date = '08/04/2010 22:15:00';
echo date('h:i A', strtotime($date));

Result:

10:15 PM

More Info:

• date
• strtotime

Answer 6

for flexibility with different formats, use:

$dt = DateTime::createFromFormat('m/d/Y H:i:s', '08/04/2010 22:15:00');
echo $dt->format('g:i A')

Check the php manual for additional format options.

Answer 7

PHP Code:

date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Kolkata');
$currentDateTime=date('m/d/Y H:i:s');
$newDateTime = date('h:i A', strtotime($currentDateTime));
echo $newDateTime; 

Output: 05:03 PM

Answer 8

$currentDateTime = $row['date'];
echo $newDateTime = date('l jS \of F Y h:i:s A', strtotime($currentDateTime));

Answer 9

Perfect answer for AM/PM live time solution

<?php echo date('h:i A', time())?>

Answer 10

Just simply right A

{{ date('h:i A', strtotime($varname->created_at))}}

Answer 11

For (PHP >= 5.2.0):

You can use DateTime class. However you might need to change your date format. Didn't try yours. The following date format will work for sure: YYYY-MM-DD HH-MM-SS

$date = new DateTime("2010-04-08 22:15:00");
echo $date->format("g"). '.' .$date->format("i"). ' ' .$date->format("A");

//output
//10.15 PM

However, in my opinion, using . as a separator for 10.15 is not recommended because your users might be confused either this is a decimal number or time format. The most common way is to use 10:15 PM

Answer 12

It is quite easy. Assuming you have a field(dateposted) with the type "timestamp" in your database table already queried and you want to display it, have it formated and also have the AM/PM, all you need do is shown below.

     <?php
     echo date("F j, Y h:m:s A" ,strtotime($row_rshearing['dateposted'])); 


    ?>

Note: Your OUTPUT should look some what like this depending on the date posted

May 21, 2014 03:05:27 PM