Printing A MongoDB Date From PHP

Question

How in PHP do I get the regular timestamp format out of a MongoDB date?

Assume I have:

$my_date;
print_r($my_date);
         


        

Answer 1

you are missing the microsecond.

To show (mongo -> php)

$fecha = date(preg_replace('`(?usec, 'Y-M-d H:i:s.u'), $my_date->sec);
//MongoDate ISODate("2013-05-28T15:27:24.735Z")
//Php Date 2013-May-28 10:27:24.735000

To send to mongo (php -> mongo)

$fecha_mongo = new MongoDate(strtotime($fecha));
//Fail function, the short way but, 70000 isn't equal to 700000.
//$fecha_mongo->usec = (int)$fecha_micro->format("u");
preg_match("/\.(.*)/", $fecha, $uSec);
$fecha_mongo->usec = (int)(count($uSec)==2?$uSec[1]:0);

//Php Date 2013-May-28 10:27:24.735000
//MongoDate ISODate("2013-05-28T15:27:24.735Z")

Good day!

Mario T.