PHP Date Time Current Time Add Minutes

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Simple question but this is killing my time.

Any simple solution to add 30 minutes to current time in php with GMT+8?

Codesmith · Accepted Answer · 2025-08-14 20:17:59Z

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I think one of the best solutions and easiest is:

date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime("+30 minutes"))

Maybe it's not the most efficient but is one of the more understandable.

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answered Jun 12, 2009 at 13:53

Khriz

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If you want to use strtotime relatively to an existing datetime you can do code strtotime('2011-11-01 + 2 days');

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mns · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-22 19:13:50Z

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This is an old question that seems answered, but as someone pointed out above, if you use the DateTime class and PHP < 5.3.0, you can't use the add method, but you can use modify:

$date = new DateTime();
$date->modify("+30 minutes"); //or whatever value you want

answered Dec 22, 2009 at 19:13

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You could also use it without modify() function like $date = new DateTime('+30 minutes');

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MD SHAHIDUL ISLAM · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-01 10:08:41Z

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Time 30 minutes later

$newTime = date("Y-m-d H:i:s",strtotime(date("Y-m-d H:i:s")." +30 minutes"))

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Stefan Gehrig · Accepted Answer · 2009-06-12 10:04:50Z

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$timeIn30Minutes = mktime(idate("H"), idate("i") + 30);

or

$timeIn30Minutes = time() + 30*60; // 30 minutes * 60 seconds/minute

The result will be a UNIX timestamp of the current time plus 30 minutes.

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sarah · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-29 07:04:02Z

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echo $date = date('H:i:s', strtotime('13:00:00 + 30 minutes') );

13:00:00 - any inputted time

30 minutes - any interval you wish (20 hours, 10 minutes, 1 seconds etc...)

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Sriram · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-04 06:41:12Z

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It looks like you are after the DateTime function add - use it like this:

$date = new DateTime();
date_add($date, new DateInterval("PT30M"));

(Note: untested, but according to the docs, it should work)

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answered Jun 12, 2009 at 9:50

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That's a PHP >= 5.3.0 solution as the function ad the class DateInterval is not available in earlier versions.

Stefan Gehrig
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06/12/2009 10:03:18
Commented Jun 12, 2009 at 10:03
Yes, but the title does specify Date Time, so I assume he is using the DateTime class

a_m0d
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06/12/2009 10:14:19
Commented Jun 12, 2009 at 10:14
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DateTime is part of PHP >= 5.2.0 but DateInterval as well as some DateTime methods are not available prior to 5.3.0.

Stefan Gehrig
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06/12/2009 10:45:02
Commented Jun 12, 2009 at 10:45
@a_m0d @tokam Doc says it must start with a "P" for "Period", so, this is the correct way to add 30 minutes: new DateInterval('PT30M') (Tested! :))

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03/09/2012 21:20:54
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David Buck · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-27 19:53:07Z

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$dateTime = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Asia/Kolkata')); 
echo $dateTime->modify("+10 minutes")->format("H:i:s A");

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While this code may solve the question, including an explanation of how and why this solves the problem (and ideally how it improves upon other answers) would really help to improve the quality of your post, and probably result in more up-votes. Remember that you are answering the question for readers in the future, not just the person asking now. Please edit your answer to add explanations and give an indication of what limitations and assumptions apply.

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Mayank Pandeyz · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-19 14:14:00Z

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$ck=2016-09-13 14:12:33;
$endtime = date('H-i-s', strtotime("+05 minutes", strtotime($ck)));

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RafaSashi · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-14 14:46:03Z

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In addition to Khriz's answer.

If you need to add 5 minutes to the current time in Mysql format you can do:

$cur_time=date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
$duration='+5 minutes';
echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime($duration, strtotime($cur_time)));

answered Oct 14, 2013 at 14:46

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Faysal Ahammed · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-25 09:13:03Z

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time after 30 min, this easiest solution in php

date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime("+30 minutes"));

for DateTime class (PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)

$dateobj = new DateTime();
$dateobj ->modify("+30 minutes");

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Lawrence Cherone · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-30 06:15:50Z

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The question is a little old, but I come back to it often ;p

Another way, which is also a one liner:

<?= date_create('2111-11-11 00:00:00')->modify("+30 minutes")->format('Y-m-d h:i:s') ?>

Or from timestamp, returns Y-m-d h:i:s:

<?= date_create('@'.time())->modify("+30 minutes")->format('Y-m-d h:i:s') ?>

Or from timestamp, returns timestamp:

<?= date_create('@'.time())->modify("+30 minutes")->format('U') ?>

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dyedwiper · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-18 12:26:14Z

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new DateTime('+30minutes')

As simple as the accepted solution but gives you a DateTime object instead of a Unix timestamp.

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Robert · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-03 12:17:34Z

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$time = strtotime(date('2016-02-03 12:00:00'));
        echo date("H:i:s",strtotime("-30 minutes", $time));

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The question was "Any simple solution to add 30 minutes to current time".

Pang
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02/04/2016 00:50:35
Commented Feb 4, 2016 at 0:50

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