GOAL: Add X amount of seconds to existing time stamp (H:i:s) and convert it into a human readable non-military (24:00 Hr) AM/PM time stamp (‘3:15 pm’). IF possible, I want to nix the leading zero in instances where timestamp would otherwise read ’03:15′.
PROBLEM: All tests return the same results adjusting for variable time added return the same final result: 16:00:00 and/or 04:00 pm
THE ASK: Guidance on where / how my code is failing and how to correct it. I have googled and searched stack, etc. I have run experiments for a few hours and I always get the same result regardless of variables I feed into the test. I have attempted 23 tests and continually returned the same result.
ENVIRONMENT: MAMP, PHP 8.1, Bootstrap
CURRENT RESULT:
01:43:21
1652258601
1652258807
16:00:00 PM
4:00 PM
THE CODE:
$myTIME = '01:43:21';
$staging .= $myTIME . '<br>';
$this_time = strtotime($myTIME);
$staging .= $this_time . '<br>';
$add = rand(23, 218);
$stamp = $this_time + $add;
$staging .= $stamp . '<br>';
$staging .= date("H:i:s A", strtotime($stamp)) . '<br>';
# $stamp = '23:00'; $stamp = new DateTime($stamp); echo $dt->format('h:i A');
$est = date('h:i:s', strtotime($stamp));
$staging .= date( 'g:i A', strtotime( $stamp ) );
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Answer
$stamp is already an integer/timestamp, so strtotime($stamp) fails. Take that off, and the date will format correctly.
$est = date('h:i:s', $stamp);