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

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 20:15:15 -0000, Ford, Mike <M.Ford@leedsmet.ac.uk> wrote: > To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to > http://disclaimer.leedsmet.ac.uk/email.htm > > On 24 January 2005 19:01, Ben Edwards wrote: > > > 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. > > Well, if you're going to validate it, you'll have to figure out which bits > are the day, month and year -- having done that, you'll have them as three > separate bits of information, so you can use mktime() on them, or glue them > back together to feed to strtotime() in one of the various formats it > recognizes. Seems to me a format string is pretty irrelevant in all of > this. Different users have can have the date displayed in there local form. And no, I dont have to split the date up, the date() function should be able to be used to validate the date. I asume it returns null, or something sensable, if the date is invalid. Anyway as the date format is user defined I need both functions. > Speaking for myself personally, I would never accept a wholly textual date > from a form -- I would have drop-downs for the day and month, and maybe also > for the year depending on the valid range, and then it's a snap just to hand > the resulting values to mktime(). In this case it is a back end administration form as the (power) user does not want to have to fiddle about with drop downs. In fact they can use / or - or . as a seperater. The split function can handle that. L8r, ben > Cheers! > > Mike > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mike Ford, Electronic Information Services Adviser, > Learning Support Services, Learning & Information Services, > JG125, James Graham Building, Leeds Metropolitan University, > Headingley Campus, LEEDS, LS6 3QS, United Kingdom > Email: m.ford@leedsmet.ac.uk > Tel: +44 113 283 2600 extn 4730 Fax: +44 113 283 3211 > -- 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)