note 78119 added to function.time

When dealing with the results of the time function, taking the modulus (remainder) is often a good way to find recurring information such as day of the week, week of the year, or month of the year. In the example given below of a firefighter's shift, you could do the following to simplify the code. <?php function whatShift() { $referencePoint = mktime(7, 0, 0, 9, 11, 2004); // Sept 11, 2004 at 7AM started an A Shift. //This is the where we divide the current time since reference by the amount of time in all shifts //The result of this is the remainder. $sinceReference = (time() - $referencePoint) % (60 * 60 * 24 * 3); //The rest of the code can be basically the same so I shortened it here. if ($sinceReference < 60 * 60 * 25) $shift = "A"; elseif ($sinceReference < 60 * 60 * 49) $shift = "B"; else $shift = "C"; return $shift; } ?> ---- Server IP: 209.41.74.194 Probable Submitter: 66.170.97.28 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/78119 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78119/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78119/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78119/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78119/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78119/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78119/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78119 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/78119 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php