is there a built in functionality in php to convert seconds to hh:mm:ss

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None that I know of. There are simple code snippets out there though for this. Google "php seconds to hh mm ss". First result — simshaun, Jan 06 '11 at 16:26
@simshaun - I know - thanks, that's why I asked for built in. @shankhan - seconds, not time stamps — Itay Moav -Malimovka, Jan 06 '11 at 16:29
? why the down votes? who and how I offended with this question? — Itay Moav -Malimovka, Jan 06 '11 at 17:00

fredley · Answer 1 · 2011-01-06T16:36:38.107

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There's no built in function, this will work though:

function formatSeconds($seconds){
  $hours = $seconds / (60 * 60);
  $minutes = ( $seconds - $hours * 60 * 60) / 60;
  $seconds = $seconds - $hours * 60 * 60 - $minutes * 60 - $seconds;
  return $hours.':'.$minutes.':'.$seconds;
}

edited Jan 06 '11 at 16:36

answered Jan 06 '11 at 16:29

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If you want the numbers prefixed with 0's use `str_pad`. – fredley Jan 06 '11 at 16:33
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To prefix zeros you may also use `sprintf()`. `return sprintf('%02d:%02d:%02d', $hours, $minutes, $seconds);` – Amil Waduwawara Jan 06 '11 at 16:37
Thanks Amil, that's a much better solution. – fredley Jan 06 '11 at 16:38

Itay Moav -Malimovka · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-06T17:06:29.273

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    $seconds=3672;
    echo date_create()->add(new DateInterval("PT{$seconds}S"))
                      ->diff(new DateTime)
                      ->format('%H:%I:%S');

Just another way that works.

edited Jan 06 '11 at 17:06

answered Jan 06 '11 at 17:01

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JnBrymn · Answer 3 · 2011-01-06T17:03:26.090

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I needed an answer to this recently and I ran across this web page concerning inserting a phpdate into a mysql table. (I bet this is also what you're dealing with.) It seems to indicate that you can use something like

$mysqldate = date( 'H:i:s', time());

This seems to work fine even if the number of seconds exceeds a 24 hour period.

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answered Jan 06 '11 at 16:48

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 06 '11 at 16:27

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Yes, the strftime() function (manual):

print(strftime("%H:%M:%S", $_seconds_ ))

answered Jan 06 '11 at 16:27

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This'll break if the number of seconds exceeds 24 hours. – ceejayoz Jan 06 '11 at 16:31

is there a built in functionality in php to convert seconds to hh:mm:ss

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