Re: Re: [PHP] String to Date and Date to String Functions?

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 12:58:52 -0500, hitek@cox.net <hitek@cox.net> wrote: > How about the strtotime() function? > http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.strtotime.php No good, it douse not take a format string. What if I wanted to convert the timestamp to 'DD-MM-YYY', display it on a form, validate it, and then convert it back to a timestamp. I cant beleve the PHP date/time functions suck this bad;( Ben > > From: Ben Edwards <funkytwig@gmail.com> > > Date: 2005/01/24 Mon PM 12:03:34 EST > > To: Jay Blanchard <jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com> > > CC: PHP General List <php-general@lists.php.net> > > Subject: Re: [PHP] String to Date and Date to String Functions? > > > > On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:38:03 -0600, Jay Blanchard > > <jay.blanchard@niicommunications.com> wrote: > > > [snip] > > > > > > String to Date Function > > > ---------------------------- > > > return date stringToDate( str Date, str Format ) > > > e.g. $todayDt = stringToDate( '01/01/2003','DD/MM/YYYY' ); > > > > > > Date to String Function > > > ---------------------------- > > > return str dateToString( date Date, str Format ) > > > e.g. $todayStr = dateToString ( $todayDt,'DD/MM/YYYY' ); > > > > > > Anyone know of any functions that do this or have pointers as to how > > > it can be done. > > > [/snip] > > > > > > You've looked at http://www.php.net/date ? > > > > > Yes. It douse the dateToString bit but how do I do the reverse. I > > can use it to convert a timestamp to a string but how do I convert a > > string to a timestamp. > > > > I must say i've used a few languages in my time and the PHP data/time > > functions are a mess. Generaly when you find a function to do > > something to a data item there is an obvious way of reversing this > > (i.e. it has a simeler name). This douse not seem to be the case with > > PHP;( > > > > Ben > > > > -- > > Ben Edwards - Poole, UK, England > > WARNING:This email contained partisan views - dont ever accuse me of > > using the veneer of objectivity > > If you have a problem emailing me use > > http://www.gurtlush.org.uk/profiles.php?uid=4 > > (email address this email is sent from may be defunct) > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Ben Edwards - Poole, UK, England WARNING:This email contained partisan views - dont ever accuse me of using the veneer of objectivity If you have a problem emailing me use http://www.gurtlush.org.uk/profiles.php?uid=4 (email address this email is sent from may be defunct)