problem with strtotime

[rantsh]

I'm trying to get the hour of 15 minutes ago with strtotime and I'm using the following code

[code]
$this->timeStr = "2007-01-29 10:11:54";
$datenew = date("Y-m-d H:i:s",strtotime("-15 minute",$this->timeStr));
[/code]

and can't seem to make it work, I've tried with [b]minute [/b](singular) and [b]minutes [/b]and still no good... the output of this operation is [b]1969-12-31 20:18:27[/b] I have no clue of what's going on.....!!!!

does anyone know what can be wrong???

[ted_chou12]

try:
$time = strtotime("now") - 900;
but this will be in the strtotime form, you will need to convert it...
Ted

[rantsh]

Thanks Ted,

That worked, but, is there a shorter way to deal with this code? (just wondering)

Thx

[ted_chou12]

i think this is aligant enough, but i remember there is some other way to do it, forgot ;D
Ted

[HuggieBear]

It should be as simple as

[code=php:0]$timestamp = strtotime("-15 min");
$time_fifteen_mins_ago = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $timestamp);[/code]

Regards
Huggie

[ted_chou12]

I see, ahh. i remember seen it somewhere, so this:
$timestamp = strtotime("-1 year");
$timestamp = strtotime("-1 month");
should work too?
Ted

[HuggieBear]

That's correct.

Huggie

[ted_chou12]

cool  8)