Javascript time to PHP time

Question

I have a time value in javascript for example 11:30:00.

 Date {Mon Oct 22 2012 11:30:00 GMT+0800 (Taipei Standard Time)}

and I passed to a php file and converted it by:

 $newTime = date('H:i:s', $theTime);

But, it return 05:36:00. What is the right way of concerting time?

try passing the date in UTC. ie: (new Date).toJSON()

YS.
– YS.

2012-10-23 01:56:25 +00:00
Commented Oct 23, 2012 at 1:56 — YS.
– YS., Commented Oct 23, 2012 at 1:56

Sean Kinsey · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-23 02:21:19Z

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Use myDate.getTime() instead, and then divide this by 1000 since PHP deals with seconds while JavaScript deals with milliseconds.

answered Oct 23, 2012 at 2:21

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oneofakind Over a year ago

i guess it worked. I tried this before but without dividing by 1000 that's wht it did not work. Thanks.

nickhar · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-23 02:58:25Z

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If you're looking to use PHP to parse the date/datetime, then you should use strtotime(). Something like:

$time = "Mon Oct 22 2012 11:30:00 GMT+0800";
echo date('Y-m-d h:i:s', strtotime($time));

Which would output:

2012-10-22 04:30:00

This output is GMT, which you can change if required.

EDIT:

If you're expecting 11:30:00, then try the following:

date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
$time = "Mon Oct 22 2012 11:30:00 GMT+0800";
echo date('Y-m-d h:i:s', strtotime($time));

edited Oct 23, 2012 at 2:58

answered Oct 23, 2012 at 2:03

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oneofakind Over a year ago

I tried that but it returned 1970 01:00:00 but let me try that again

nickhar Over a year ago

Works for me - tested it for sanity!

oneofakind Over a year ago

but at first it is on 11:30 but after converting it it turns to 4:30. Is that suppose to be 11:30 not 4:30?

nickhar Over a year ago

You can set your default timezone in PHP: date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Taipei'); which would localise it. Just set that before you echo out the date/time.

nickhar Over a year ago

Hang on - what are you expecting? 11:30?

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