Datetime conversion format in PHP

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What method should I use to convert 2021-03-20T00:19:07.000000Z to 2021-03-20 00:19:07, in PHP and Laravel 8.x, by the way, If you can explain what does the T in the middle of 2021-03-20T00:19:07.000000Z and the dot behind each represent? I will very much appreciate you !!

It's called "zulu time". See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8405087 and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/44206123 and https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12181457 — Syscall, Apr 20 '21 at 07:02

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 20 '21 at 07:34

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You can use Carbon date library in php and laravel.

Carbon::parse('2021-03-20T00:19:07.000000Z')->format('Y-m-d H:i:s')

answered Apr 20 '21 at 07:34

Jaswinder Singh

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 20 '21 at 07:46

Your input date is an ISO 8601 formatted date.

The T is the divider between date and time, so it is a static value.

To convert your ISO 8601 date to a YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss date format, you can easily use DateTime (DateTime Documentation).

So in your case the solution would be:

$input = '2021-03-20T00:19:07.000000Z';
$datetime = new DateTime(input);
$output = $datetime->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Datetime conversion format in PHP

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