HTML_QuickForm and date/time discovery

Hi, all, In HTML_QuickForm (wonderful package!) the date.php setValue() method is a bit limited. As it stands, you can pass either an array of date piece keys ('Y', 'm', 'd') and the corresponding values, or you can pass a Unix time stamp, and the setValue() method will properly set the "selected" attribute for the options. However, if you pass a regular date or time string to setValue(), the method won't set the options properly. I have modified the setValue() method for date.php slightly so that you can pass a date or time string, and setValue() will convert it within the bounds of the Unix epoch. In short, the new method looks at the value, determines if it's a Unix timestamp, and attempts to convert it into a timestamp if it's not one already. Perhaps the leads might include this in the next release of HTML_QuickForm? function setValue($value) { if ($this->_options['addEmptyOption'] && empty($value)) { $value = array(); } else { if (! is_array($value)) { // unix timestamps fall in the range of -2^31 // to +2^31 (minus one); is $value outside of // that range? if (! is_numeric($value) || $value < (-1 * pow(2,31)) || $value > (pow(2,16) - 1)) { // doesn't look like a unix timestamp, // attempt to convert it. $value = strtotime($value); } // now explode the unix timestamp $arr = explode('-', date('w-d-n-Y-h-H-i-s-a-A', (int)$value)); $value = array( 'D' => $arr[0], 'l' => $arr[0], 'd' => $arr[1], 'M' => $arr[2], 'm' => $arr[2], 'F' => $arr[2], 'Y' => $arr[3], 'y' => $arr[3], 'h' => $arr[4], 'H' => $arr[5], 'i' => $arr[6], 's' => $arr[7], 'a' => $arr[8], 'A' => $arr[9] ); } } parent::setValue($value); } -- Paul M. Jones Savant: the simple alternative to Smarty. http://phpsavant.com/