Displaying 2 digit minutes/seconds

From:	sono-io at fannullone dot us	Date:	Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:27:06 +0000
Subject:	Displaying 2 digit minutes/seconds
Groups:	php.general
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Hi all, I'm using this code to display the current time for our location on our website: <?php date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

        $theTimeIs = getdate(time());
            $theHour = $theTimeIs['hours'];
            $theMinute = $theTimeIs['minutes'];  // make minutes under 10 show two digits
            $theSecond = $theTimeIs['seconds'];
        if($theHour > 12){
            $theHour = $theHour - 12;
            $dn = "PM";
        } else {
            $dn = "AM";
        }

echo "$theHour:$theMinute:$theSecond $dn"; ?> It works great except for one small detail. If the time is 3:04:02, it is displayed as 3:4:2 which, of course, is very odd looking. So I corrected it as follows: <?php date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');

        $theTimeIs = getdate(time());
            $theHour = $theTimeIs['hours'];
            if (strlen ($theTimeIs['minutes']) < 2) {

$theMinute = "0" . $theTimeIs['minutes']; } else { $theMinute = $theTimeIs['minutes']; }

            if (strlen ($theTimeIs['seconds']) < 2) {

$theSecond = "0" . $theTimeIs['seconds']; } else { $theSecond = $theTimeIs['seconds']; }

        if($theHour > 12){
            $theHour = $theHour - 12;
            $dn = "PM";
        } else {
            $dn = "AM";
        }

echo "$theHour:$theMinute:$theSecond $dn"; ?> It works, but is there a better way to do it? Thanks, Frank