[SOLVED] conversion of time string

[rsammy]

i have time stored in a string $visit_time

 

it comes in as "2:15 PM" or "10:13 AM". i am trying to convert this to 24 hour format...

 

say 14:15 or 10:13 depending on AM or PM in the string.

 

i am trying to split this string as:

 

 

list($hour, $min)=split('[:]', $visit_time);
	if (strlen($hour)==1)
	{
		$visit_time_reformat="0".$hour;
	}
	if (strlen($min)==1)
	{
		$visit_time_reformat=$visit_time_reformat.":".$min;
	}

 

now, how can i get rid of "AM" or "PM" and display the time($visit_time_reformat) in 24 hour format?

[monk.e.boy]

list($hour, $tmp)=split('[:]', $visit_time);
list($min, $mm) = split('[\s]', $tmp);

if ($mm == 'AM')
{
$hour= int_val($hour)+12;
}

 

Hows that?

 

monk.e.boy

 

[kenrbnsn]

You really should use the functions in PHP that deal with date/time like strtotime() and date()

 

<?php
$time = '2:15 PM';
$time24 = date('H:i',strtotime($time));
echo $time . ' ==> ' . $time24;
?>

 

Ken

[rsammy]

thanx a lot for ur replies guys! it helped.