Re: how to get day of week?

Thanks Pavel, I figured it out now - I'm using strtotime() to convert a MySQL date/time var into a *nix timestamp, then I'm using date() on that. cheers, - Kev Pavel Jartsev wrote: > kev wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I need to find out the day of the week for a given date in mysql DATE > > format. > > The calendar functions page in the manual > > (http://www.php.net/manual/ref.calendar.php) says: > > > > "The calendar functions are only available if you have compiled the > > calendar extension in dl/calendar. Read dl/README for instructions on > > using it." > > > > I noticed that dl/README is not in my source distribution (PHP4.0.1pl2), > > although it used to be in 4.0.0. Is it out of date now? Which functions > > should I use to get the day of week for a particular date? > > > > thanks, > > > > - Kev > > > > Hi! > > Try date() or strftime() (they have a lot of nice parameters for > formatting). > See manual section: "IX. Date and Time functions". > > Hope this helps. > > -- > Pavel a.k.a. Papi > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- http://www.fa-premier.com - English Premiership Football