PHP - Convert date and time into Epoch

Question

I have a large list of dates and times, a sample look like this...

11/22/2018 01:16:14 AM
11/23/2018 10:59:39 PM

I assume the dates are in the 'm/d/Y h:i:s A' format, I am looking for the quickest and easiest way in PHP to convert these to an epoch timestamp.

Anyone have an example?

Have a look at [`strtotime()`](http://php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php) — Tigger, Jan 25 '19 at 10:00
Possible duplicate of [How to convert MySQL time to UNIX timestamp using PHP?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4577794/how-to-convert-mysql-time-to-unix-timestamp-using-php) — Tigger, Jan 25 '19 at 12:04

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 25 '19 at 10:00

4

Use strtotime function

echo strtotime("11/22/2018 01:16:14 AM");

answered Jan 25 '19 at 10:00

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 25 '19 at 10:02

1

You can do it this object oriented way:

$format = 'm/d/Y h:i:s A';
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, '11/22/2018 01:16:14 AM');
echo $date->getTimestamp();

answered Jan 25 '19 at 10:02

MatejG

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