Re: how to convert a string into a date format ?????

> Keep in mind, however, that a unix_timestamp has a range starting at Jan 1, > 1970. If you are working only with current dates, then this will not be a > problem, but if you are working with historical dates, such as a persons > age, then do not go with the unix_timestamp. They end up being negative. For example : $date_str = '1943-10-25'; print strtotime($date_str); // -826416000 Will work with date() too. But yes, this is definitely something to consider when dealing with unix timestamps. The limitations afaik are as follows : -2147483647 // December 13, 1901 2147483647 // January 19, 2038 http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/office/given/timekeeping.html I'm not much of an authority but point is, negatives work too :) regards, Philip Olson > At 06:50 AM 10/10/2001 +0000, Philip Olson wrote: > >Also consider the strtotime() function, it'll give you the unix timestamp > >of this string. Example : > > > > $date_str = '2001-10-25'; > > > > print strtotime($date_str); // 1003968000 > > > >Using it with date() can be like : > > > > print date('F d, Y',strtotime($date_str)); // October 25, 2001 > > > >If applicable, let your database do such conversions as it'll be more > >efficient that way. > > > >regards, > >Philip Olson > > > > > >On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, Jason G. wrote: > > > > > > > > list($year, $month, $day) = explode('-', '2001-10-25'); > > > echo $year; > > > echo $month; > > > echo $day; > > > > > > OR > > > > > > $aData = explode('-', '2001-10-25'); > > > echo $aData[0]; //year > > > echo $aData[1]; //month > > > echo $aData[2]; //day > > > > > > -Jason Garber > > > IonZoft.com > > > > > > At 10:36 AM 10/10/2001 +0530, sagar N Chand wrote: > > > >hi all, > > > > > > > >i have a string like this "2001-10-25". > > > >I want to convert this into a date format. ie i want > > > >to get only the month or only the date or only the year from this > > > >string without using string manupulations. > > > > > > > >is there any way out. i've gone thru the manual. > > > > > > > >/sagar > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 > > > > > > > > >-- > >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 > > > -- > 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 >