How to convert the time from AM/PM to 24 hour format in PHP?

Question

For example, I have a time in this format:

eg.   09:15 AM 04:25 PM 11:25 AM 

How do I convert it to :

09:15 16:25 23:25 

Currently my code is :

$format_time = str_replace(" AM", "", $time, $count); if ($count === 0){     $format_time = strstr($time, ' PM', true);     $format_time = ...... } 

However, it seems there are some easier and more elegant way to do this?

$time = '23:45';  echo date('g:i a', strtotime($time));  

How do I fit the above sample in my case? Thanks.

Answer 1

Try with this

echo date("G:i", strtotime($time)); 

or you can try like this also

echo date("H:i", strtotime("04:25 PM")); 

Answer 2

If you use a Datetime format see http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php

You can do this :

$date = new \DateTime(); echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s'); #output: 2012-03-24 17:45:12  echo date_format($date, 'G:ia'); #output: 05:45pm