Is it possible to get UNIX time from such date 2011-02-27 02:04:46? [duplicate]

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Mktime and other functions give wrong answer for such a date like 2011-02-27 02:04:46;

Please use the search function before asking: stackoverflow.com/search?q=date+to+timestamp+php — Gordon, Commented Apr 22, 2011 at 9:53

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-17 19:42:58Z

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Just use the strtotime() function, or the DateTime class.

Both the two following portions of code :

echo strtotime('2011-02-27 02:04:46');

$dt = new DateTime('2011-02-27 02:04:46');
echo $dt->format('U');

Will give you the same output :

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answered Apr 21, 2011 at 20:16

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bland_dan · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-21 20:23:29Z

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Use strtotime

$time = '2011-02-27 02:04:46';
strtotime($time);

answered Apr 21, 2011 at 20:17

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Why the date() call? strtotime already returns a PHP time value, which is a unix timestamp.
– Marc B
Commented Apr 21, 2011 at 20:18
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my bad, just copied and pasted from a script where I'd used strtotime to convert from one time format to another (not UNIX)
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Commented Apr 21, 2011 at 20:21

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dvanaria · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-21 20:29:13Z

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This will also work (if you need this to run from the unix shell):

date +%T

This will show the time like:

14:20:18

answered Apr 21, 2011 at 20:29

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