$minutes_to_add = 5;
$time = new DateTime('2011-11-17 05:05');
$time->add(new DateInterval('PT' . $minutes_to_add . 'M'));
$stamp = $time->format('Y-m-d H:i');
The ISO 8601 standard for duration is a string in the form of P{y}Y{m1}M{d}DT{h}H{m2}M{s}S
where the {*}
parts are replaced by a number value indicating how long the duration is.
For example, P1Y2DT5S
means 1 year, 2 days, and 5 seconds.
In the example above, we are providing PT5M
(or 5 minutes) to the DateInterval
constructor.