Convert seconds to Hour:Minute:Second

Question

I need to convert seconds to \"Hour:Minute:Second\".

For example: \"685\" converted to \"00:11:25\"

How can I achieve this?

Answer 1

Use function gmdate() ^{only if seconds are less than 86400 (1 day)} :

$seconds = 8525;
echo gmdate('H:i:s', $seconds);
# 02:22:05

See: gmdate()

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Convert seconds to format by 'foot' ^{no limit*} :

$seconds = 8525;
$H = floor($seconds / 3600);
$i = ($seconds / 60) % 60;
$s = $seconds % 60;
echo sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d", $H, $i, $s);
# 02:22:05

See: floor(), sprintf(), arithmetic operators

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Example use of DateTime extension:

$seconds = 8525;
$zero    = new DateTime("@0");
$offset  = new DateTime("@$seconds");
$diff    = $zero->diff($offset);
echo sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d", $diff->days * 24 + $diff->h, $diff->i, $diff->s);
# 02:22:05

See: DateTime::__construct(), DateTime::modify(), clone, sprintf()

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MySQL example ^{range of the result is constrained to that of the TIME data type, which is from -838:59:59 to 838:59:59} :

SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(8525);
# 02:22:05

See: SEC_TO_TIME

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PostgreSQL example:

SELECT TO_CHAR('8525 second'::interval, 'HH24:MI:SS');
# 02:22:05

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