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How do I convert this date: 1427510741 to: 2015-03-22 09:27:02 in PHP?
I tried: $date2 = new DateTime($date1);
but it gives me: 0741-04-08
And I want this: 2015-03-22 09:27:02
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You're close. To use a Unix Timestamp with DateTime to must prepend an @ before the timestamp:
$date2 = new DateTime('@'.$date1);