set variable to the current time and date symfony2

Question

I want to set a variable $time to the current time and then date following this format: HH:mm:ss On day/month/year.

Could anyone help me to do that in symfony?

Maerlyn · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-08 14:00:18Z

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Have you tried with the built-in date function?

$time = date('H:i:s \O\n d/m/Y');

This should work until 2038 :) Both O and n need to be escaped, as they have a special meaning within the format string.

answered May 8, 2013 at 14:00

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cheesemacfly · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-08 14:08:21Z

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As you are using Symfony2 and you are looking for a way to display a date, you can do this directly in your twig template with:

{{ "now"|date("H:i:s \O\n d/m/Y") }}

answered May 8, 2013 at 14:08

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likeitlikeit · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-08 14:05:08Z

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This is the same as in any other PHP application:

$time = new \DateTime();
echo $time->format('H:i:s \O\n Y-m-d');

The \ before O and n are necessary to prevent DateTime::format from interpreting the characters as date codes and output them literally.

answered May 8, 2013 at 14:05

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