Re: [PHP3] mktime limitations < 1970 > 2038

In article <0152D67E9890D31191F30000F879694760C578@PTS001>, Mark.Nold@normandy.com.au ("Nold, Mark") wrote: > Im having problems with the fact that mktime() appears not to be able handle > dates before 1970 and after 2038. I understand that PHP using the system > mktime call, but does anybody have a work around? > > Basically i need to calculate and format dates that are peoples birthdays > (and some people were born < 1970) and peoples retirement dates (Which for > most of us is > 2038) any ideas? There are several alternatives to the Unix timestamps. There's an mCal library. And there's some Julian date functionality somewhere. And you could store your dates in various databases that have their own restrictions/limitations and use PHP solely to print the pre-formatted data returned from SQL. There's probably at least one other option I'm forgetting. -- Richard Lynch | If this was worth $$$ to you, buy a CD US Customer Support Director | from one of the artists listed here: Zend Technologies USA | http://www.L-I-E.com/artists.htm http://www.zend.com | (this has nothing to do with Zend, duh!)