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Asked: 2026-05-24T08:01:30+00:00

Trying to convert a date & time value in the format of 07/19/2011 00:00

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Trying to convert a date & time value in the format of “07/19/2011 00:00” using the php function “strtotime()”.

Doesn’t seem to like the structure of the date time. Does anyone know how I can convert this to a timestamp for MySQL database?

$convertstart = strtotime($_POST['start']);
$start = mysql_real_escape_string($convertstart);
$convertend = strtotime($_POST['end']);
$end = mysql_real_escape_string($convertend);

Thanks!

EDIT also…

When I convert today’s date( 07/31/2011 18:35 ) I get back 2013-12-15 17:00:00 in the MySQL

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  1. Editorial Team

    Why not let MySQL take care of it for you. Try out MySQL’s STR_TO_DATE() function. It uses the same format specifiers as the DATE_FORMAT() function.

    Try this: SELECT STR_TO_DATE('07/31/2011 18:35', '%m/%d/%Y %H:%i');

    It should give you a time-stamp compatible with MySQL DATETIME fields. For me it returns: 2011-07-31 18:35:00

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