converting dates

[manicleek]

how can I change a date in the format 25-12-2005 into a timestamp and vice versa?

 

[Vragabond]

string to timestamp: use strtotime()
timestamp to string: use date()

 

[manicleek]

if I use

$date = "25-12-2005";

$stamp = strtotime($date);

it makes a timestamp of 1937689200

which is 28-05-2031

 

[sleipnir214]

Rearrange the order of the parts. strtotime() will happily accept '2005-12-25'.

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[manicleek]

the date is being entered into a form though, in the format dd-mm-yyyy

 

[sleipnir214]

Then rearrange the parts in your code. Your PHP installation does have the string functions available, right?



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[manicleek]

yeah, ok, how do i DO THAT THEN?

 

[sleipnir214]

I would use explode() to split the string at the dashes into an array. I would then use string concatenation (the "." operator) to put the string back together from the parts.

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