Reformat a timestamp

Question

I have a timestamp that looks like this 2018-09-18T21:49:16Z from an API. I need to reformat the timestamp to appear in 09-18-2018 @ 21:49:16. How can I do this in php?

Possible duplicate of [Convert one date format into another in PHP](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2167916/convert-one-date-format-into-another-in-php) — Qirel, Sep 19 '18 at 16:23

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 19 '18 at 16:16

You can do this using DateTime::format():

$dateTime = "2018-09-18T21:49:16Z";
$DateTimeFormat = DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d\TH:i:s\Z", $dateTime);
echo $DateTimeFormat->format("m-d-Y @ H:i:s");
// 09-18-2018 @ 21:49:16

You'll have to convert your date and time string (2018-09-18T21:49:16Z) to a DateTime object using DateTime::createFromFormate().

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 19 '18 at 16:14

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The PHP datetime suite is your friend.

$mytime = new DateTime('2018-09-18T21:49:16Z');
echo $mytime->format('m-d-Y @ H:i:s');

Which results in:

09-18-2018 @ 21:49:16

answered Sep 19 '18 at 16:14

Dave

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