Date conversion using gettimeofday

[SCook]

Hi all,

 

It's possible to get the number of seconds since the unix epoch with gettimeodday().  Is it also possible to convert a date to tyhe number of seconds?  like 1/4/2008 0:00 am and get the seconds?

[GingerRobot]

Sure, use the strtotime() function:

 

<?php
echo strtotime("1/4/2008 00:00:00");
?>

 

Note, the strtotime function works with the American m/d/y format - not the uk d/m/y format. Don't know where you're from, so i don't know if that's an issue or not.

[kenrbnsn]

The gettimeofday() returns the number of seconds since the unix epoch as part of the returned array:

<?php
$tod = gettimeofday();
echo $tod['sec'];
?>

 

Use the strtotime() function to get the number of seconds for an arbitrary date:

<?php
echo strtotime('1/4/2008 12:00 am');
?>

 

Ken

[SCook]

I am in the US, and that worked great.  I didn't even realize strtotime would do that.  Thanks.