Hello guys im having trouble adding 2 hours to the current time in php its not working and i dont understand why? :/ is the code wrong? please help here is the code

PHP Code:

//current time was 12:28pm
$extra1 = time() + 7200;
$timet2 = date('H:m:s',$extra1);

echo "time 2 ".$timet2."<br/>";// the output was 14:01:15 when its supposed to be 2 hours later

if($values['chapel'] == 'Yes' && $assign == '0'){
    
$strSQLInsert = "insert into alert (`case_no`,`deceased_name`,`date`,`time`,`task`,`counselor`,`status`) values ('".$values['case_no']."','".$values['deceased_name']."','".$cdate."','".$timet2."','find_chapel','".$values['counselor']."','Active')";
db_exec($strSQLInsert,$conn);

}
//current time was 12:28 pm 
$extra2 = time() + 8100;
$timet3 = date('H:m:s',$extra2);

echo "time 3 ".$timet3."<br/>";// output was 14:01:15 when it was supposed to be 2 hours and 15 min later

if($values['insurance_funds'] == 'Yes' && $assign == '0'){
    
$strSQLInsert = "insert into alert (`case_no`,`deceased_name`,`date`,`time`,`task`,`counselor`,`status`) values ('".$values['case_no']."','".$values['deceased_name']."','".$cdate."','".$timet3."','insurance','".$values['counselor']."','Active')";
db_exec($strSQLInsert,$conn);

} 


Could it be a timezone issue? What is the current time according to the server? Try:

PHP Code:

$extra1 = time() + 60 * 60 * 2;
$timet2 = date('H:m:s',$extra1);

echo 'Now: ' . date('H:m:s') . "\n";
echo '2 hours later: ' . $timet2; 


Originally Posted by NullPointer

Could it be a timezone issue? What is the current time according to the server? Try:

PHP Code:

$extra1 = time() + 60 * 60 * 2;
$timet2 = date('H:m:s',$extra1);

echo 'Now: ' . date('H:m:s') . "\n";
echo '2 hours later: ' . $timet2; 


timezone is PSDT...

im going crazy now!! when i run the code it was 13:01:00 the output was 15:01:00 when i refresh the page 5 min later it keeps giving me the same current time 13:01:00 even thought it is 15:06:00 :S

I'm personally more comfortable with timestamps:

PHP Code:

$extra1 = '+2 hours';
$timet2 = strtotime($extra1);
$timet2 = date('H:m:s',$timet2);

$extra1 = 7200;
$timet2 = strtotime("now") + $extra1;
$timet2 = date('H:m:s',$timet2); 


The current time is your server time as well

thanks guys the error was here

H:m:s the right one is H:i:s didn't noticed i did that

Originally Posted by stivens

thanks guys the error was here

H:m:s the right one is H:i:s didn't noticed i did that

You're not the first to be caught by that

Originally Posted by PaulW

You're not the first to be caught by that

that is good to know hehehe