How to convert the time from AM/PM to 24 hour format in PHP?

Question

For example, I have a time in this format:

eg. 

09:15 AM
04:25 PM
11:25 AM

How do I convert it to :

09:15
16:25
23:25
         


        

Answer 1

If you use a Datetime format see http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php

You can do this :

$date = new \DateTime();
echo date_format($date, 'Y-m-d H:i:s');
#output: 2012-03-24 17:45:12

echo date_format($date, 'G:ia');
#output: 05:45pm