You can use sprintf or str_pad to fill in with zeros, with sprintf you
can do this:
echo sprintf('%02d', 5);
That will print the string "05".
Jonathan
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 6:27 PM, <sono-io@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm using this code to display the current time for our location on
> our website:
>
> <?php
> date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
> $theTimeIs = getdate(time());
> $theHour = $theTimeIs['hours'];
> $theMinute = $theTimeIs['minutes']; // make minutes under 10
> show two digits
> $theSecond = $theTimeIs['seconds'];
> if($theHour > 12){
> $theHour = $theHour - 12;
> $dn = "PM";
> } else {
> $dn = "AM";
> }
>
> echo "$theHour:$theMinute:$theSecond $dn";
> ?>
>
> It works great except for one small detail. If the time is 3:04:02,
> it is displayed as 3:4:2 which, of course, is very odd looking. So I
> corrected it as follows:
>
> <?php
> date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
> $theTimeIs = getdate(time());
> $theHour = $theTimeIs['hours'];
> if (strlen ($theTimeIs['minutes']) < 2) {
> $theMinute = "0" . $theTimeIs['minutes'];
> } else {
> $theMinute = $theTimeIs['minutes'];
> }
> if (strlen ($theTimeIs['seconds']) < 2) {
> $theSecond = "0" . $theTimeIs['seconds'];
> } else {
> $theSecond = $theTimeIs['seconds'];
> }
> if($theHour > 12){
> $theHour = $theHour - 12;
> $dn = "PM";
> } else {
> $dn = "AM";
> }
>
> echo "$theHour:$theMinute:$theSecond $dn";
> ?>
>
> It works, but is there a better way to do it?
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
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