PHP date(): minutes without leading zeros

Question

I\'d like to know if there is a formatting letter for PHP\'s date() that allows me to print minutes without leading zeros, or whether I have to manuall

Answer 1

Doesn't look like it, but you could do something like...

echo date('g:') . ltrim(date('i'), '0');

Alternately, you could cast the second call to date() with (int).

Answer 2

For times with more information than just minutes:

ltrim() - Strip whitespace (or other characters) from the beginning of a string

ltrim(date('i:s'), 0);

returns:

8:24

Answer 3

Use:

$minutes = intval(date('i'));

Answer 4

According to the PHP Documentation, the date() function does not have a placeholder for minutes without leading zeros.

You could, however, get that information by simply multiplying the dates, with a leading zero, by 1, turning it into an integer.

$minutesWithoutZero = 1* date( 'i' );

Answer 5

Or in mySQL just multiply it by 1, like such:

select f1, ..., date_format( fldTime , '%i' ) * 1  as myTime, ..., ...

Answer 6

I tried to find this for seconds as well, gave up the search and just casting the result as a int like this:

echo (int)date("s");

That will get rid of the leading zero's in a fast efficient way.