How to convert mysql timestamp to awsdatetime with php?

by wilmer.lemke , in category: PHP General , a year ago

How to convert mysql timestamp to awsdatetime with php?

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by elisha_langworth , a year ago

@wilmer.lemke 

You can convert a MySQL timestamp to AWS DateTime with PHP by following these steps:

  1. Retrieve the MySQL timestamp from your database using a query.
  2. Convert the MySQL timestamp to a Unix timestamp using the strtotime() function in PHP. This will give you the timestamp value in seconds.
  3. Create an instance of the DateTime class in PHP using the Unix timestamp obtained in the previous step.
  4. Convert the PHP DateTime object to an AWS DateTime object using the format() method and specifying the desired format as 'Y-m-dTH:i:sZ'.
  5. The resulting AWS DateTime object will be in the format required by AWS services.


Here's an example code snippet that demonstrates the conversion process:

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// Retrieve MySQL timestamp from database
$mysqlTimestamp = // Your timestamp retrieval code here

// Convert MySQL timestamp to Unix timestamp
$unixTimestamp = strtotime($mysqlTimestamp);

// Create PHP DateTime object from Unix timestamp
$phpDateTime = new DateTime("@$unixTimestamp");

// Convert PHP DateTime to AWS DateTime
$awsDateTime = $phpDateTime->format('Y-m-dTH:i:sZ');

// Use the AWS DateTime object in your AWS service requests
// ...


Make sure to replace // Your timestamp retrieval code here with the actual code to retrieve the MySQL timestamp from your database.