Re: Adding zeros to date

Why not just: function paddate( $value ){ if( $value < 10 ){ $value = "0$value"; } return $value; } $date_time_array = getdate (time()); $date = paddate( $date_time_array[ "mday"] ); $month = paddate( $date_time_array[ "mon"] ); $year = paddate( $date_time_array[ "year"] ); $datemonth = $year . $month . $date; echo $datemonth; Morgan At 01:04 PM 10/5/2001 +0000, you wrote: >if you can't do it with date() use >substr("0".$month, -2, 2) > >On Friday 05 October 2001 09:44, Daniel Alsén wrote: >> 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 ------------- Morgan Curley Partner, e4media mcurley@e4media.com 917 751 8328 http://www.e4media.com -------------------------