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| Convert EXIF datetime to usable PHP string
Okay...I've been banging my head on the desk today. I'm sure there's an easier way so I submit this to the gurus around here.
I am fetching the EXIF property "DateTimeOriginal" and it returns 2006:03:10 17:48:48. PHP's function strtotime requires it to be in the form 2006-03-10 17:48:48. (Notice the change in the colons and dashes.)
Either that, or figure out how to convert it to say "March 10, 2006".
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| I don't know that there's an easier way, but if not I cobbled this together. It uses the PHP explode() function to break the EXIF string into an array split on the colons, and then reassemble it into the format strtotime() expects. The output produces "March 10, 2006" like you want.
php code:<?
$exifString = "2006:03:10 17:48:48";
$exifPieces = explode(":", $exifString);
$newExifString = $exifPieces[0] . "-" . $exifPieces[1] . "-" . $exifPieces[2] . ":" .
$exifPieces[3] . ":" . $exifPieces[4];
$exifTimestamp = strtotime($newExifString);
echo date('F j, Y', $exifTimestamp);
?>
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| reply to ff1324
Here it is functionalized.
php code:<?
function convertExifToTimestamp($exifString, $dateFormat)
{
$exifPieces = explode(":", $exifString);
return date($dateFormat, strtotime($exifPieces[0] . "-" . $exifPieces[1] .
"-" . $exifPieces[2] . ":" . $exifPieces[3] . ":" . $exifPieces[4]));
}
?>
<?
echo convertExifToTimestamp("2006:03:10 17:48:48", "F j, Y");
// returns "March 10, 2006"
?> |
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ff1324
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On Four Day | This is why I come here...My train of thought didn't even go near that idea.
BIG THANKS to rjackson!!!
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| This takes a slightly different approach, but also works:
<?
function convertExifToTimestamp($exifString, $dateFormat)
{
$exifPieces = explode(" ", $exifString);
return date($dateFormat,strtotime(str_replace(":","-",$exifPieces[0])." ".$exifPieces[1]));
}
echo convertExifToTimestamp('2006:03:10 17:48:48', "F j, Y");
// returns March 10, 2006
?>
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rjackson
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