Re: String to Date and Date to String Functions?

On Tuesday 25 January 2005 08:07, Ben Edwards wrote: > As I have said in a previous email to date function takes a format > string and the strtodate douse not. Therefore the strtodate() only > works on a small subset of what date() can produce. The format I am > interested in is DD-MM-YYYY which is the way dates are specified in > the UK, strtodate() cant handle this. If that is the *only* format you're interested in then why the argument 'Format'? It's surplus to requirements. > return str dateToString( date Date, str Format ) > strtodate is not the reverse of > date. No, but it's not exactly hard to write a function to change DD-MM-YYYY into a timestamp. explode() should get you on your way, and examples abound in the archives. The thing with PHP is that you're not limited to using the built-in functions, you can write your own (fancy that). -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * ------------------------------------------ Search the list archives before you post http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general ------------------------------------------ New Year Resolution: Ignore top posted posts