以防其他人正在寻找一个简单的函数来返回格式化良好的格式(我知道这不是OP要求的格式)，这就是我刚刚想到的。感谢@mughal的代码，这是基于。

function format_timer_result($time_in_seconds){
    $time_in_seconds = ceil($time_in_seconds);

    // Check for 0
    if ($time_in_seconds == 0){
        return 'Less than a second';
    }

    // Days
    $days = floor($time_in_seconds / (60 * 60 * 24));
    $time_in_seconds -= $days * (60 * 60 * 24);

    // Hours
    $hours = floor($time_in_seconds / (60 * 60));
    $time_in_seconds -= $hours * (60 * 60);

    // Minutes
    $minutes = floor($time_in_seconds / 60);
    $time_in_seconds -= $minutes * 60;

    // Seconds
    $seconds = floor($time_in_seconds);

    // Format for return
    $return = '';
    if ($days > 0){
        $return .= $days . ' day' . ($days == 1 ? '' : 's'). ' ';
    }
    if ($hours > 0){
        $return .= $hours . ' hour' . ($hours == 1 ? '' : 's') . ' ';
    }
    if ($minutes > 0){
        $return .= $minutes . ' minute' . ($minutes == 1 ? '' : 's') . ' ';
    }
    if ($seconds > 0){
        $return .= $seconds . ' second' . ($seconds == 1 ? '' : 's') . ' ';
    }
    $return = trim($return);

    return $return;
}

如果你需要在javascript中做到这一点，你可以在这里回答的一行代码中做到这一点，用javascript将秒转换为HH-MM-SS。用您想要转换的内容替换SECONDS。

var time = new Date(SECONDS * 1000).toISOString().substr(11, 8);

仅当秒数小于86400(1天)时使用函数gmdate():

$seconds = 8525;
echo gmdate('H:i:s', $seconds);
# 02:22:05

参见： gmdate（）

运行Demo

将秒转换为“脚”格式无限制*:

$seconds = 8525;
$H = floor($seconds / 3600);
$i = ($seconds / 60) % 60;
$s = $seconds % 60;
echo sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d", $H, $i, $s);
# 02:22:05

参见:floor()， sprintf()，算术运算符

运行Demo

DateTime扩展的示例使用:

$seconds = 8525;
$zero    = new DateTime("@0");
$offset  = new DateTime("@$seconds");
$diff    = $zero->diff($offset);
echo sprintf("%02d:%02d:%02d", $diff->days * 24 + $diff->h, $diff->i, $diff->s);
# 02:22:05

参见:DateTime::__construct()， DateTime::modify()， clone， sprintf ()

运行Demo

MySQL示例的结果范围被限制为TIME数据类型，从-838:59:59到838:59:59:

SELECT SEC_TO_TIME(8525);
# 02:22:05

看:SEC_TO_TIME

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PostgreSQL的例子:

SELECT TO_CHAR('8525 second'::interval, 'HH24:MI:SS');
# 02:22:05

运行Demo

写这样的函数返回一个数组

function secondsToTime($seconds) {

  // extract hours
  $hours = floor($seconds / (60 * 60));

  // extract minutes
  $divisor_for_minutes = $seconds % (60 * 60);
  $minutes = floor($divisor_for_minutes / 60);

  // extract the remaining seconds
  $divisor_for_seconds = $divisor_for_minutes % 60;
  $seconds = ceil($divisor_for_seconds);

  // return the final array
  $obj = array(
      "h" => (int) $hours,
      "m" => (int) $minutes,
      "s" => (int) $seconds,
   );

  return $obj;
}

然后像这样简单地调用函数:

secondsToTime(100);

输出是

Array ( [h] => 0 [m] => 1 [s] => 40 )

我需要一种能将秒缩短为小时、分钟和秒，但能超过24小时，而不是进一步缩短为天的东西。

这是一个简单的函数。你也许可以改进它……但它在这里:

function formatSeconds($seconds)
{
    $hours = 0;$minutes = 0;
    while($seconds >= 60){$seconds -= 60;$minutes++;}
    while($minutes >= 60){$minutes -=60;$hours++;}
    $hours = str_pad($hours, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
    $minutes = str_pad($minutes, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
    $seconds = str_pad($seconds, 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);
    return $hours.":".$minutes.":".$seconds;
}

试试这个:

date("H:i:s",-57600 + 685);

从 http://bytes.com/topic/php/answers/3917-seconds-converted-hh-mm-ss