Question

how can I find the next closest hour in php

so for example if current time is 4:15 the next hour will be 5, etc

$dateString = 'Tue, 13 Mar 2012 04:48:34 -0400';
$date = new DateTime( $dateString );
echo $date->format( 'H:i:s' );

gives me the time from the string and I want to expand on that and get the next closest hour

Answer 1

Supply any eligible date() to:

function roundToNextHour($dateString) {
    $date = new DateTime($dateString);
    $minutes = $date->format('i');
    if ($minutes > 0) {
        $date->modify("+1 hour");
        $date->modify('-'.$minutes.' minutes');
    }
    return $date;
}