How to add 5 minutes to current datetime on php < 5.3

Question

I want to add 5 minutes to this date: 2011-04-8 08:29:49

$date = '2011-04-8 08:29:49';

When I use strtotime I am always getting 1970-01-01 08:33:31

How do I add correctly 5 minutes to 2011-04-8 08:29:49?

Answer 1

$date = '2011-04-8 08:29:49';
$currentDate = strtotime($date);
$futureDate = $currentDate+(60*5);
$formatDate = date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $futureDate);

Now, the result is 2011-04-08 08:34:49 and is stored inside $formatDate

Enjoy! :)

Answer 2

Try this:

echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('+5 minutes', strtotime('2011-04-8 08:29:49')));