note 99515 modified in function.date by danbrown

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Subject: note 99515 modified in function.date by danbrown
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Function to return whether or not a given date falls within British Summer Time: <?php function is_bst($date) { $Year = date("Y", $date); $MarLast = $Year."-03-31"; $OctLast = $Year."-10-31"; //Find the last Sunday in March if (date("w", strtotime($MarLast)) == 0) //Sunday { $LastMarSun = strtotime($MarLast); } else { $LastMarSun = strtotime($MarLast." last sunday"); } //Find the last Sunday in October if (date("w", strtotime($OctLast)) == 0) //Sunday { $LastOctSun = strtotime($OctLast); } else { $LastOctSun = strtotime($OctLast." last sunday"); } $BSTStart = strtotime(date("Y-m-d", $LastMarSun)." 01:00:00"); $BSTEnd = strtotime(date("Y-m-d", $LastOctSun)." 01:00:00"); return (($date >= $BSTStart) && ($date <= $BSTEnd)); } ?> --was-- Function to return whether or not a given date falls within British Summer Time: function is_bst($date) { $Year = date("Y", $date); $MarLast = $Year."-03-31"; $OctLast = $Year."-10-31"; //Find the last Sunday in March if (date("w", strtotime($MarLast)) == 0) //Sunday { $LastMarSun = strtotime($MarLast); } else { $LastMarSun = strtotime($MarLast." last sunday"); } //Find the last Sunday in October if (date("w", strtotime($OctLast)) == 0) //Sunday { $LastOctSun = strtotime($OctLast); } else { $LastOctSun = strtotime($OctLast." last sunday"); } $BSTStart = strtotime(date("Y-m-d", $LastMarSun)." 01:00:00"); $BSTEnd = strtotime(date("Y-m-d", $LastOctSun)." 01:00:00"); return (($date >= $BSTStart) && ($date <= $BSTEnd)); } http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

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