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

This is a pretty way to do that:

function time_converter($sec_time, $format='h:m:s'){
      $hour = intval($sec_time / 3600) >= 10 ? intval($sec_time / 3600) : '0'.intval($sec_time / 3600);
      $minute = intval(($sec_time % 3600) / 60) >= 10 ? intval(($sec_time % 3600) / 60) : '0'.intval(($sec_time % 3600) / 60);
      $sec = intval(($sec_time % 3600) % 60)  >= 10 ? intval(($sec_time % 3600) % 60) : '0'.intval(($sec_time % 3600) % 60);

      $format = str_replace('h', $hour, $format);
      $format = str_replace('m', $minute, $format);
      $format = str_replace('s', $sec, $format);

      return $format;
    }

Answer 2

This function my be useful, you could extend it:

function formatSeconds($seconds) {

if(!is_integer($seconds)) {
    return FALSE;
}

$fmt = "";

$days = floor($seconds / 86400);
if($days) {
    $fmt .= $days."D ";
    $seconds %= 86400;
}

$hours = floor($seconds / 3600);
if($hours) {
    $fmt .= str_pad($hours, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT).":";
    $seconds %= 3600;
}

$mins = floor($seconds / 60 );
if($mins) {
    $fmt .= str_pad($mins, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT).":";
    $seconds %= 60;
}

$fmt .= str_pad($seconds, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);

return $fmt;}

Answer 3

If you need to do that in javascript, you can do it in just one line of code as answered here Convert seconds to HH-MM-SS with JavaScript. Replace SECONDS with what you want to convert.

var time = new Date(SECONDS * 1000).toISOString().substr(11, 8);

Answer 4

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()

Run the Demo

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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

Run the Demo

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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()

Run the Demo

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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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Answer 5

// TEST
// 1 Day 6 Hours 50 Minutes 31 Seconds ~ 111031 seconds

$time = 111031; // time duration in seconds

$days = floor($time / (60 * 60 * 24));
$time -= $days * (60 * 60 * 24);

$hours = floor($time / (60 * 60));
$time -= $hours * (60 * 60);

$minutes = floor($time / 60);
$time -= $minutes * 60;

$seconds = floor($time);
$time -= $seconds;

echo "{$days}d {$hours}h {$minutes}m {$seconds}s"; // 1d 6h 50m 31s

Answer 6

gmdate("H:i:s", no_of_seconds);

Will not give time in H:i:s format if no_of_seconds is greater than 1 day (seconds in a day).
It will neglect day value and give only Hour:Min:Seconds

For example:

gmdate("H:i:s", 89922); // returns 0:58:42 not (1 Day 0:58:42) or 24:58:42