convert a date into a timestamp

Question

Okay so basically I have two variables one called $day and another called $time what I'm trying to do is convert both of these into a unix time-stamp so for example;

$day = 'Monday';
$time = '14:00:00';

So what I'm looking for is a $timestamp variable that would echo out the next Monday coming up at 14:00:00 in a unix timestamp format.

I'm guessing the hardest part of this would be the fact that the day is not a specific date more a day of the week meaning it would have to select the next monday coming up, or the next tuesday... for example.

Thanks for any help.

get the current date, seek forward to the next monday, add your time and get the unix-timestamp. now go implement that code - if you get any problems, the PHP-documentation for the datetime-functions is very good. — Franz Gleichmann, Sep 29 '16 at 16:01

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 29 '16 at 16:08

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The constructor for the DateTime class is pretty good at figuring this sort of thing out:

<?php
$day = 'Monday';
$time = '14:00:00';

$date = new DateTime("next $day $time");
echo $date->getTimestamp();
// 1475503200

answered Sep 29 '16 at 16:08

iainn

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Thankyou; really appreciate that alot. Solved my original question will mark as answer shortly :) – Sep 29 '16 at 16:11

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '16 at 16:14

$datetime = new DateTime();
echo $datetime->format('U');

Solution One:

mktime - Get Unix timestamp for a date

echo mktime(23, 24, 0, 11, 3, 2009);
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Returns the Unix timestamp corresponding to the arguments given. This timestamp is a long integer containing the number of seconds between the Unix Epoch (January 1 1970 00:00:00 GMT) and the time specified.

Arguments may be left out in order from right to left; any arguments thus omitted will be set to the current value according to the local date and time.

mktime($isAM ? $hrs : ($hrs + 12), $mins, $secs, $m, $d, $y);

To handle AM/PM just add 12 to hours if PM.

Solution Two:

strtotime Returns a timestamp on success, FALSE otherwise.

echo strtotime('2012-07-25 14:35:08' );

Output:

1343219708

convert a date into a timestamp

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