|  | Posted by Adam on 04/27/06 13:44 
On 25 Apr 2006 01:13:41 -0700, fletch wrote:
 >> HOWEVER, this obviously does not work for the day/month vs month/day
 >> scenario.  That is, in New Zealand we use day/month/year, while the function
 >> assumes it to be month/day/year.
 >
 >Doesn't setlocale() sort this out? What locale is the server your using
 >running? I always thought strtotime() obeyed the current locale
 >settings, strftime() certainly does.
 
 Wouldn't you still have the problem of (let's say) US visitors
 entering the date in the US format - regardless of the locale setting
 on the server?
 
 I tend to go for belt & braces - Erwin's 3-field solution. I just
 create 3 (clearly labelled) drop-downs.
 
 Adam.
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