title: PHP: Alternative to DateTime
body: <p>I cannot use DateTime because of the version of PHP I am running.  Can anyone suggest a way to get the equivalent value using strToTime or some other date function. I know this is probably an easy question but I am very rusty on dates in php.</p>
  
  <p>i.e. something like</p>
  
  <pre><code>$date = strToTime('today');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>where $date is a date that I can then manipulate by adding hours and so forth along these lines...</p>
  
  <pre><code>$start = $date-&gt;format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
  $date-&gt;modify('+ 60 minutes');
  $end = $date-&gt;format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance for any suggestions.</p>