note 78537 added to function.date

Thought it would be nice for users to see a date/time that was more useful than a simple stamp. Feel free to use this Cute Date... <?php /* Function to display a super user-friendly date string * (i.e. "17 minutes ago", "a week ago", "last Thursday") * made by Josh from Double Thought */ function cuteDate($compared) { $today= time(); // get it $diff= $today-$compared; // subtract it // return the cute string switch($diff) { case $diff < 120 : // ----------------------- Seconds (up to 2 minutes) return 'a moment ago'; break; case $diff < 3660 : // ----------------------- Minutes return number_format($diff/60).' minutes ago'; break; case $diff < 86400 : // ----------------------- Hours return number_format($diff/3600).' hours ago'; break; case $diff < 518400 : // ----------------------- Days still in the week return 'last '.date('l',$compared); // (lowercase L = long / uppercase D = short) break; case $diff < 604800 : // ----------------------- One week ago today return 'a week ago'; break; case $diff < 1123200 : // ----------------------- Within two weeks return number_format($diff/86400).' days ago'; break; case $diff < 1209600 : // ----------------------- Two weeks ago today return 'two weeks ago'; break; case $diff < 31449600 : // ----------------------- This year return date('F jS',$compared); // (uppercase M = short / uppercase F = long) break; case $diff < 31536000 : // ----------------------- Exactly a year ago return 'a year ago today'; break; default : // ----------------------- Over a year ago return date("F jS, 'y",$compared); // (uppercase M = short / uppercase F = long) break; } } ?> http://www.dbltht.com/cutedate ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 63.226.246.158 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/78537 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78537/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78537/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78537/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78537/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78537/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78537/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/78537 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/78537 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php