How to convert MySQL time to UNIX timestamp using PHP?
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There are a lot of questions that ask about 'UNIX timestamp to MySQL time'. I needed the reversed way, yea... Any idea?
Php Solutions
Solution 1 - Php
Use strtotime(..):
$timestamp = strtotime($mysqltime);
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $timestamp);
Also check this out (to do it in MySQL way.)
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_unix-timestamp
Solution 2 - Php
You can mysql's UNIX_TIMESTAMP function directly from your query, here is an example:
SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP('2007-11-30 10:30:19');
Similarly, you can pass in the date/datetime field:
SELECT UNIX_TIMESTAMP(yourField);
Solution 3 - Php
From one of my other posts, getting a unixtimestamp:
$unixTimestamp = time();
Converting to mysql datetime format:
$mysqlTimestamp = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $unixTimestamp);
Getting some mysql timestamp:
$mysqlTimestamp = '2013-01-10 12:13:37';
Converting it to a unixtimestamp:
$unixTimestamp = strtotime('2010-05-17 19:13:37');
...comparing it with one or a range of times, to see if the user entered a realistic time:
if($unixTimestamp > strtotime("1999-12-15") && $unixTimestamp < strtotime("2025-12-15"))
{...}
Unix timestamps are safer too. You can do the following to check if a url passed variable is valid, before checking (for example) the previous range check:
if(ctype_digit($_GET["UpdateTimestamp"]))
{...}
Solution 4 - Php
$time_PHP = strtotime( $datetime_SQL );
Solution 5 - Php
Instead of strtotime you should use DateTime with PHP. You can also regard the timezone this way:
$dt = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $mysqltime, new DateTimeZone('Europe/Berlin'));
$unix_timestamp = $dt->getTimestamp();
$mysqltime is of type MySQL Datetime, e. g. 2018-02-26 07:53:00.
Solution 6 - Php
Slightly abbreviated could be...
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime($mysqltime));