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Posted by Jonathan Crawford on 11/04/05 19:09
thanks, I will read the manual,
but sometimes time pressure makes
that a little difficult.
I appreciate your effort and actually
understand it now
thanks
jonathan
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"Erwin Moller"
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> Jonathan Crawford wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am niew to pho and am having trouble with dates.
>
> Read the manual. :-)
> Really, it is the only things that helps.
> www.php.net
>
>>
>> I can format a date ok
>> so $today=date('d M Y' )
>> gives me 2 Nov 2005
>
> which is fine.
> Except for the fact it is 4 november over here, is your time ok?
>
>>
>>
>> $dateval is a mysql date
>> yyyy-mm-dd hh:nn:sss (2005-10-26 13:32:09)
>> $today=date('d M Y' ,$dateval)
>
> And here you go wrong.
>
> Did you read what date() does in PHP?
> Check the manual: It says:
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Description
> string date ( string format [, int timestamp] )
> Returns a string formatted according to the given format string using the
> given integer timestamp or the current local time if no timestamp is
> given.
> In other words, timestamp is optional and defaults to the value of
> time().
>
> Note: To generate a timestamp from a string representation of the date,
> you
> may be able to use strtotime(). Additionally, some databases have
> functions
> to convert their date formats into timestamps (such as MySQL's
> UNIX_TIMESTAMP function).
>
> -----------------------------------------
>
> So.....
>
> What you should do is:
> 1) read the manual
> 2) make sure you know how your date is represented in mySQL, and how PHP
> wants it. Have a look at strtotime() and the like for help.
>
> In general: if a function is not behaving as expected, read the manual and
> see what is says.
> On www.php.net: if you cannot find your problem/answer, be sure to read
> the
> visitorscomments too, they often contain usefull information.
>
>> gives me something like 1 july 1970
>>
>> I am not sure how to tell the php that the date is a date.
>>
>> It is driving me nuts, and the only particulary
>> obscure thing I have encountered so far.
>
> rtfm.
>
>>
>> i would be grateful for some advice
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> jonathan
>>
>
> Good luck!
>
> Regards,
> Erwin Moller
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