如何从数字中获取eBay拍卖结束时间？

Question

I am trying to scrape information from for eBay search result

In source I see

<span class="MINUTES timeMs" timeMs="1388791906000"></span>
<span class="HOURS timeMs" timeMs="1388797706000"></span>

What format is timeMs value? I want to convert it to timestamp, but I don't recognize for what these numbers stands for?

P.S. Don't want to use eBay API!

Answer 1

timeMs is in Unix EpochTime.

Once timeMs is stored in $timeMs, then use the following:

$date_time = new DateTime("@$timeMs");
$formatted_time = $date_time->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

Also, as an alternative to using the DateTime class, you can use:

echo date('r', $timeMs); // output as RFC 2822 date - returns local time
echo gmdate('r', $timeMs); // returns GMT/UTC time

as explained here.