Convert string of UTC time to more readable format

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I'm receiving a string containing date and time (in UTC format) for when something was created. The string looks like this: "Wed Mar 13 14:10:20 +0000 2013". Now, I need to convert that to a more readable format. Something like this "14:10, 13 Mar" or preferably "1 hour ago", "1 week ago" etc.

How do I do this?

Thanks.

RTLM: http://php.net/strtotime http://php.net/date – Marc B Apr 28 '13 at 14:53 — Marc B, Apr 28 '13 at 14:53

J.D. Pace · Answer 1 · 2013-04-28T15:18:41.357

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Try this:

$dt = 'Wed Mar 13 14:10:20 +0000 2013';
echo date( 'h:i, d-M', strtotime( $dt ) );

The time difference will require more code.

edited Apr 28 '13 at 15:18

answered Apr 28 '13 at 14:52

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That just gives me "12:00, 01-Jan" on everything... :/ – Aleksander Apr 28 '13 at 14:56
This worked for some reason: `date('H:i, d M', strtotime($dt));` Thanks – Aleksander Apr 28 '13 at 15:00

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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Use the DateTime object. The constructor should be able to parse that timestamp, then you can mainpulate the date and output in any format you wish:

$date = new dateTime('Wed Mar 13 14:10:20 +0000 2013');
echo $date->format('h:i, d-M');

For relative times, see: Convert 2010-04-16 16:30:00 to "Tomorrow Afternoon"

edited May 23 '17 at 12:01

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answered Apr 28 '13 at 15:00

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Convert string of UTC time to more readable format

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