Re: Adding zeros to date

Yes, you should probably check the manual page of date(): http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php especially the formatting string section. d - day of the month, 2 digits with leading zeros; i.e. "01" to "31" m - month; i.e. "01" to "12" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Alsén" <d@mindbash.com> To: "php" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:44 AM Subject: [PHP] Adding zeros to date > Hi, > > is there a easier way to add zeros to date than the script below? (ie to get > 20011005 instead of 2001105). I wrote a long string replace. But it seems > kind of unecessary to me. Is it? > > > $date_time_array = getdate (time()); > $date = $date_time_array[ "mday"]; > $month = $date_time_array[ "mon"]; > $year = $date_time_array[ "year"]; > > > if ($month < 10) { > $month = str_replace("1", "01", $month); > $month = str_replace("2", "02", $month); > $month = str_replace("3", "03", $month); > $month = str_replace("4", "04", $month); > $month = str_replace("5", "05", $month); > $month = str_replace("6", "06", $month); > $month = str_replace("7", "07", $month); > $month = str_replace("8", "08", $month); > $month = str_replace("9", "09", $month); > } > > if ($date < 10) { > $date = str_replace("1", "01", $date); > $date = str_replace("2", "02", $date); > $date = str_replace("3", "03", $date); > $date = str_replace("4", "04", $date); > $date = str_replace("5", "05", $date); > $date = str_replace("6", "06", $date); > $date = str_replace("7", "07", $date); > $date = str_replace("8", "08", $date); > $date = str_replace("9", "09", $date); > } > > $datemonth = $year . $month . $date; > > echo $datemonth; > > # Daniel Alsén | www.mindbash.com # > # d@mindbash.com | +46 704 86 14 92 # > # ICQ: 63006462 | # > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >