Rounding a MYSQL datetime to earliest 15 minute interval in milliseconds (PHP)

Question

I\'m fetching a datetime from MYSQL which looks like:

2010-08-11 11:18:28

I need to convert it into the \"floor\" or the earliest 15 minute interval and outp

Answer 1

Would this work? Isn't there some function that would do this better?

echo floor(strtotime('2010-08-11 11:18:28')/(60*15))*60*15*1000;
1281505500000
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:15:00 AM

echo floor(strtotime('2010-08-11 11:28:28')/(60*15))*60*15*1000;
1281505500000
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:15:00 AM

echo floor(strtotime('2010-08-11 00:00:00')/(60*15))*60*15*1000;
1281465000000
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 12:00:00 AM

echo floor(strtotime('2010-08-11 23:59:59')/(60*15))*60*15*1000;
1281550500000
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 11:45:00 PM