PHP Datetime object serialization

Question

I have a web API and locally the datetime object is serialized like this:

"timeInsert":{"date":"2014-12-09 01:15:19","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Europe\/Ljubljana"}

When I deploy the application online on a server, the datetime is serialized like this:

"timeInsert":{"date":"2014-12-09 01:15:19.000000","timezone_type":3,"timezone":"Europe\/Ljubljana"}

Note the appended .000000 (microseconds). Both servers (local inside Vagrant and live) run on Linux Ubuntu 12.04.

Date command on both servers outputs the same: Mon Dec 22 08:20:28 UTC 2014 and both have PHP version 5.5.x (x differs a little bit).

What could be the reason the datetime is serialized different on both systems? I would like the date without microseconds. Thanks in advance!:)

It's not the php serialization format. What do you mean by 'serialized'? — sectus
– sectus, Commented Dec 22, 2014 at 8:29
I use json_encode on the datetime object. I can manually get the desired format with format method, but I really wonder why the same code on mostly the same systems outputs different at the moment. — tomazahlin
– tomazahlin, Commented Dec 22, 2014 at 8:30
Thank you sectus, that is exactly what I needed. The php version is exactly what looks like is causing the problem. You can write an answer so I an accept it:) — tomazahlin
– tomazahlin, Commented Dec 22, 2014 at 8:34

sectus · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-22 08:40:48Z

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Simple script to check

echo  json_encode(new DateTime('@1419237113'));

answered Dec 22, 2014 at 8:40

sectus

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