Convert timestamp to readable date/time PHP

Question

Use PHP's date() function.

Example:

echo date('m/d/Y', 1299446702);

strtotime makes a date string into a timestamp. You want to do the opposite, which is date. The typical mysql date format is date('Y-m-d H:i:s'); Check the manual page for what other letters represent.

If you have a timestamp that you want to use (apparently you do), it is the second argument of date().

I just added H:i:s to Rocket's answer to get the time along with the date.

echo date('m/d/Y H:i:s', 1299446702);

Output: 03/06/2011 16:25:02

$timestamp = 1465298940;
$datetimeFormat = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';

$date = new \DateTime();
// If you must have use time zones
// $date = new \DateTime('now', new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Helsinki'));
$date->setTimestamp($timestamp);
echo $date->format($datetimeFormat);

result: 2016-06-07 14:29:00

Other time zones:

• Africa
• America
• Antarctica
• Arctic
• Asia
• Atlantic
• Australia
• Europe
• Indian
• Pacific
• Others