Date / Time Conversion (PHP)

Question

Is there an easy way to convert date and time, for example:

Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT

In this format:

20100306T153626

in php

Answer 1

Use strtotimeand datefunctions.

$result = date('Ymd\THis', strtotime('Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:00:00 GMT'));

A “T” must be escaped because it has a special meaning (short for time zone).

Answer 2

You need a date function . Format string for 20100306T153626:

YmdTHis

i.e.

date("Ymd\THis");

for current date / time. If you want to use your time, you will need this as a Unix timestamp in which you can use the mktime function to do this.