PHP - Convert this string to another date/time format

Question

I'm working with an API that returns timestamps in this format:

07/23/2017 23:39:21

The format is: MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS

I need to covert this string so it displays in this format on my webpage:

23 July 2017, 11:39pm

Is this possible?

Certainly this is possible. You can do that yourself. You just need one or two lines of code in PHP. — arkascha, Jul 06 '17 at 14:20
The answer to the question "Is it possible?" is almost always "yes". What did you try? — Dekel, Jul 06 '17 at 14:20
@arkascha I know that, not sure why I wrote object. Fixed :] — Rob W, Jul 06 '17 at 14:21
Just bumped into this so sharing https://stdlib.com/serkanyersen/date-parse — MotKohn, Jul 06 '17 at 14:22

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '17 at 14:26

1

You can do this :

$date = new DateTime('07/23/2017 23:39:21');
echo $date->format('d F o, h:ia');

Output :

23 July 2017, 11:39pm

answered Jul 06 '17 at 14:26

Baptiste

Cornelius Fillmore · Answer 2 · 2017-07-06T14:26:58.763

0

Take a look at http://php.net/manual/de/datetime.createfromformat.php. You'll get a DateTime object which you can convert in the format you desire.

Like so:

<?php
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('m/d/Y H:i:s', '07/23/2017 23:39:21');
echo $date->format('d M Y, h:ia');
?>

edited Jul 06 '17 at 14:26

answered Jul 06 '17 at 14:22

It's preferable to answer the question not just refer. Copy the relevant parts – MotKohn Jul 06 '17 at 14:26

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