Question

How could a string be formatted depending an am/pm value so it could then be passed through strtotime and date?

I have a form with two inputs and one select element.

• Hour (input) <- (String) from 1 through 12
• Minute (input) <- (String) from 0 through 59
• AM/PM (select) <- (String) am or pm

Need to insert to MySql type DATETIME which needs formatting to be current day + user selected time.

Possible String: ‘2:34:pm’ which for insert formatted to ‘2012-03-22 14:34:00’

I read possible duplicate question, but I believe was difference scenario.

Answer 1

Assuming your variables are named $hour, $minute, and $ampm:

$datetime = date('Y-m-d')
          . sprintf(
                ' %02d:%02d:00',
                ($ampm == 'pm' ? ($hour % 12) + 12 : $hour % 12),
                $minute
            );