[SOLVED] Convert standard time to decimal time?

[ERuiz]

Hello all and Merry Christmas,

I have a small problem. I have a variable which outputs a time such as "03:27". And I need this hour value outputted as a decimal time. In this scenario, the desired output would be "3.5".

How can this be accomplished?

The variable containing the standard time is called $arData[31]

Thanks for any help.

Regards,

Efrain Ruiz

[Orio]

[code]<?php

$time = explode(":",$arData[31]);
$in_decimal = $time[0]+round(($time[1]/60),2);
echo $in_decimal;

?>[/code]

Orio.

[ERuiz]

Orio, AMAZING!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!  ;D ;D ;D

[ERuiz]

Another thing, Orio...

If I have a variable that stores a coordinate exactly in this format:

N18 23.5725 W66 23.8565

And I need to change this coordinate into decimal degrees such as this:

18.3928, -66.3976

In the example above, in order to get the .xxxx value, we need to divide xx.xxxx by 60 (ej: 23.5725/60 = .3928). Also, I need to have a comma separating the 2 values.

How can this be accomplished? Keep in mind that the letter W or S, needs to be converted to a - (negative sign)

The name of the variable is $position

Thanks for any help.

Regards,

Efrain Ruiz

[ted_chou12]

your 3.5 is rounded? is it suppose to be 3.45 if to exact?

[ERuiz]

[quote author=ted_chou12 link=topic=119891.msg491380#msg491380 date=1167074353]
your 3.5 is rounded? is it suppose to be 3.45 if to exact?
[/quote]

As a matter of fact, 3.45 is more precise and is perfectly fine. ;-) I prefer it not to be rounded.

[ted_chou12]

okay.