How can I make an array of times with half hour intervals?

Question

I needed a list of times like so in an array...

12am
12:30am
1:00pm
...

How can I do this with PHP?

Answer 1

I decided this one was better :)

function hoursRange($lower = 0, $upper = 23, $step = 1, $format = NULL) {

    if ($format === NULL) {
        $format = 'g:ia'; // 9:30pm
    }
    $times = array();
    foreach(range($lower, $upper, $step) as $increment) {
        $increment = number_format($increment, 2);
        list($hour, $minutes) = explode('.', $increment);
        $date = new DateTime($hour . ':' . $minutes * .6);
        $times[(string) $increment] = $date->format($format);
    }
    return $times;
}