PHP timestamp format [duplicate]

Question

I never thought this will be such a pain. What is the best way to convert back this timestamp to a standard PHP timestamp that strtotime() accepts? :

September 29, 2017, 7:16 UTC

The format is:

date("F j, Y, G:i T")

It is converting fine, $timestamp = strtotime('September 29, 2017, 7:16 UTC'); echo $timestamp; echo date("F j, Y, G:i T",$timestamp); what is the problem? — A l w a y s S u n n y
– A l w a y s S u n n y, Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 16:51
Thanks for the quick answer and confirmation! Indeed, there was another problem, maybe in the string i provided to strtotime. I don't know, probably the problem is in between the screen and the chair. — Peter Nemeth .malomsok.
– Peter Nemeth .malomsok., Commented Oct 18, 2017 at 17:21

MCMXCII · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-18 16:54:51Z

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Build a DateTime object first, then format it to a standard format, this will pass into strtotime.

$date = "September 29, 2017, 7:16 UTC";
$day = new DateTime($date);
$utc = strtotime($day->format("Y-m-d g:i A"));

answered Oct 18, 2017 at 16:54

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