Re: breaking a string into chunks

In article <20030919092000.GK9710@justpickone.org>, davidtg- php@justpickone.org says... > Hi, all -- > > Now it's my turn to ask a simple question, or one that sure sounds like > it should be... > > I have a 14-char date string like "20030917181909" and I need to break it > into its component parts for a more readable "2003-09-17 18:19:09" view. > How can I do that? Do I really need to call substr half a dozen times?(!?) > > I tried unpack() but all I ended up getting was an array with one entry > (sometimes with a very strange-looking key). > > > TIA & HAND > > :-D If you are getting that string from a database, and the database is mysql, you could let the db do the work. See DATEFORMAT() in mysql. Cheers -- Quod subigo farinam A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet?