JSON Array to PHP DateTime

Question

How do I get PHP Date Time from a JSON?

$params = array();
 $content = json_decode($request->getContent(), true);
 if(empty($content))
{
   throw $this->createNotFoundException('JSON not send!')
}

$content['date'] need to be smomething like $date = new DateTime();

JSON looks like :

{
    "date" : "2017-02-15 15:20:14"
}

Sorry, I forgot. JSON looks like: { "date" : "2017-02-15 15:20:14" } — Kevin Liss
– Kevin Liss, Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 10:58
that is coming right then directly you will access what is the problem?? — Soniya Basireddy
– Soniya Basireddy, Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 10:59
Sorry i´m new. I want to add the date into my database with Doctrine. — Kevin Liss
– Kevin Liss, Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 11:00
so decode the json response and get the date and store in database... — Soniya Basireddy
– Soniya Basireddy, Commented Feb 16, 2017 at 11:02

Death-is-the-real-truth · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-16 11:08:22Z

3

I assume that echo "<pre/>";print_r($content); is given data like below:-

Array
(
    [date] => 2017-02-15 15:20:14
)

So do like below:-

echo date ('Y-m-d H:i:s',strtotime($content['date'])); // normal date conversion

echo PHP_EOL;

$dateTime = new DateTime($content['date']); // datetime object

echo $dateTime->format('y-m-d H:i:s');

Output:-https://eval.in/738434

answered Feb 16, 2017 at 11:08

Death-is-the-real-truth

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LBA Over a year ago

important to know: if $content['date'] is null for any reason or not in a correct format, DateTime() will most probably provide you with an unexpected date (e.g. for null it's now).

DRCSH · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-16 11:07:47Z

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The date you're getting from JSON is coming in as a string, so you'll need to build a DateTime object from that string. As long as the string is in a format recognised by PHP's date and time formats (http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.php) you can do it very simply as follows:

$date = new DateTime($content['date']);

answered Feb 16, 2017 at 11:07

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