note 79033 added to function.strftime

Here is a function to convert dates before 1970, very useful if you are still using php 4 (it is supported in php5) : # convert a date to special format # $date is like 2000-01-01 00:00:00 # $format : refer to strftime function function convert_date($date,$format) { if($date=='0000-00-00 00:00:00' OR $date=='0000-00-00' OR $date=='' OR $date==NULL) { return ''; } else { $year=substr($date,0,4); if(phpversion() < 5.0 AND $year < 1970) { $new_date=substr_replace($date,'1980',0,4); # we replace the year by a year after 1970 $new_format=eregi_replace('%a|%A|%u','',$format); # we remove days information from the format because they would be wrong $new_date=strftime($new_format,strtotime($new_date)); # we convert the date $new_date=eregi_replace('1980',$year,$new_date); # we put back the real year return $new_date; } else { return strftime($format,strtotime($date)); } } } ---- Server IP: 217.174.196.197 Probable Submitter: 82.232.6.118 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/79033 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79033/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79033/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79033/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79033/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79033/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79033/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/79033 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/79033 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php