note 72412 added to function.date

I wanted to shift an sql date forward by a set time period. This is how I achived it... well handy. <? function sql_date_shift($date, $shift) { return date("Y-m-d H:i:s" , strtotime($shift, strtotime($date))); } // example usage $date = "2006-12-31 21:00"; $shift "+6 hours"; // could be days, weeks... see function strtotime() for usage echo sql_date_shift($date, $shift); // will output: 2007-01-01 03:00:00 ?> Hope it is of use, Ashley ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 89.241.191.245 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/72412 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72412/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72412/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72412/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72412/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72412/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72412/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/72412 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/72412 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php