Re: Re: how to test string to see if it is a date or time?

thanks Erwin & Jason... I will work with these two, and see what I can come up with. "Erwin Kerk" <erwin@scoutingnederland.nl> wrote in message news:3E7F449C.8030207@scoutingnederland.nl... > Try this (as found on php.net) > > $str = 'Not Good'; > if (($timestamp = strtotime($str)) === -1) { > echo "The string ($str) is bogus"; > } else { > echo "$str == ". date('l dS of F Y h:i:s A',$timestamp); > } > > > Erwin Kerk > Web Developer @ BliXem.nl > > > > Jason Wong wrote: > > On Tuesday 25 March 2003 00:39, DomIntCom wrote: > > > >>can anybody help me out with this? I have figured out checkdate finally, > >>but still have nothing that will help me with time validation. > > > > > > explode() on the time delimiter (probably colon) > > check that hour is 1-12 (or 0-23) > > check that minute is 0-59 > > check that second is 0-59 > > > > > -- > ___ _ > | __|_ ___ __ _(_)_ _ > | _|| '_\ V V / | ' \ @blixem.nl (work) > |___|_| \_/\_/|_|_||_|@scoutingnederland.nl (private) > >