php - Adding 1 hour to time variable

Question

I have a time to which I want to add an hour:

$time = '10:09';

I've tried:

$time = strtotime('+1 hour');

strtotime('+1 hour', $time);

$time = date('H:i', strtotime('+1 hour'));

But none of the above work.

Answer 1

Worked for me..

$timestamp = strtotime('10:09') + 60*60;

$time = date('H:i', $timestamp);

echo $time;//11:09

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Explanation:

strtotime('10:09') creates a numerical timestamp in seconds, something like 1510450372. Simply add or remove the amount of seconds you need and use date() to convert it back into a human readable format.

$timestamp = strtotime('10:09') + 60*60; // 10:09 + 1 hour
$timestamp = strtotime('10:09') + 60*60*2; // 10:09 + 2 hours
$timestamp = strtotime('10:09') - 60*60; // 10:09 - 1 hour

time() also creates a numerical timestamp but for right now. You can use it in the same way.

$timestamp = time() + 60*60; // now + 1 hour