RE: [PHP] what is the format of the filemtime string

Here's a quick HOWTO in figuring out how to accomplish your goal. First, after going here: http://www.php.net/filemtime You'll notice that filemtime() returns a unix timestamp. And after going here: http://www.php.net/date You'll notice that date() takes on two arguments/parameters with the second being an optional timestamp. Optional parameters are surrounded with []. string date ( string format [, int timestamp]) This is where you'll use the timestamp that filemtime() returned (into $last_mod). If you left the optional timestamp parameter blank, it will use the current time which would defeat the purpose of your mission. The man page for date() has many examples, here's another: print date('Y m d, H:i:s', $last_mod); Notice how $last_mod is a unix timestamp from the filemtime() function so we passed that to the appropriate date() parameter. As shown in the manual, the first 'format' parameter is very flexible with a ton of options. It's sort of like a "create your own sundae" parameter :) Unix timestamps are the number of seconds since the Epoch, which is described here: http://wombat.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?EPOC In short, do not fear the manual. It may seem a little scary at first but it'll start to click more and more for you. Good luck :) Regards, Philip Olson On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, _michael wrote: > tight i have tried what you said: > > $last_mod = filemtime($file); > $tdate = date($last_mod); > > but now the output is in this format - c707-b076 > > sorry to be ask again but can you give me more of a clue as you've probably > guessed - i'm a novice > > thanks > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >