Re: Conversion between Unix and Localized Datetime

You could of course just use the date function[1] which is specifically designed for this. Something like date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $timestamp) should do the trick. [1] http://www.php.net/date On Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Jack <jack@thinkingcloud.info> wrote: > Hi, Narcis: > > Why not use DateTime? The code you want is something like this: > > function my_datestring($timestamp, $timezone = "Asia/Shanghai", $format > = "Y-m-d h:i:s") { > $dt = new DateTime(); > $dt->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($timezone)); > $dt->setTimestamp($timestamp); > return $dt->format($format); > } > > $timestamp = 1475420421; > echo my_datestring($timestamp, "Europe/Paris"); > > Hope, this code will help you. > > -- > Thanks > -------------------- > Jack > * Narcis Garcia <informatica@actiu.net> [2016-10-04 12:40:36 +0200]: > > > Hello, >> >> I have a unix timestamp such as 1475420421, and want to convert it to a >> string like '2016-10-02 15:00:21' in a procedural way and without >> changing session/objects timezone, and independently of >> server/software/client timezones. >> >> Is there some function that allows to format this, calling it as >> MyDateString(1475420421, 'Europe/Paris') ? >> >> Thanks. >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >>