Convert a unix timestamp to a human readable date in PHP?

Question

I have a timestamp value from PHP: 1188604800000

When I format the time to human readable like this:

date(\"m/d/Y\", 1188604800000)
         


        

Answer 1

PHP uses seconds-based timestamps, so divide 1188604800 by 1000 and you are good.

php> echo date('Y-m-d', 1188604800000/1000);
2007-09-01