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Php Date Function

Answer 1

+1 A:

The function expects to be given a string containing a US English date format

In the U.S., the month must come before the date, e.g. mm/dd/yyyy

Here's a workaround without Regex:

$date = explode('/', $date);
$dateOf = date('(d-m-Y)', strtotime($date[1].'/'.$date[0].'/'.$date[2]));

Matt 2009-11-23 05:54:59

Guessed as much... Looking for a way get around this issue....

SpikETidE 2009-11-23 05:59:09

Added a solution to my answer.

Matt 2009-11-23 06:08:52

I almost forgot as well, but `split` is not a PHP function. It is `explode`.

Doug Neiner 2009-11-23 06:09:52

Good catch. edited.

Matt 2009-11-23 06:10:42

Sorry it "is" a function, but its depreciated, and if you aren't using regular expressions, `explode` is the preferred method.

Doug Neiner 2009-11-23 06:11:11

Answer 2

A:

On the PHP side, you can fix by doing this:

$date = "24/12/2009";
$date = preg_replace('/^(\d{1,2})\/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{2,4})$/','\2/\1/\3', $date);

$dateOf =  date ('(d-m-Y)', strtotime($date));

That just swaps the position of the first and second match taking 24/12/2009 and making it 12/24/2009

Edit:

Without regex :

$date = "24/12/2009";
$date = explode('/', $date);
$date = implode('/', array($date[1], $date[0], $date[2]));

$dateOf =  date ('(d-m-Y)', strtotime($date));

Doug Neiner 2009-11-23 06:02:18

Cool work around... :-)Is there anyway to do it without Regex...?

SpikETidE 2009-11-23 06:04:01

I updated my answer to show an alternative. Still seems like a workaround, huh?

Doug Neiner 2009-11-23 06:08:30

Both are good... Got nothing against Regex...!! I've used this explode technique before, but i thought php, being cool as it is, will have this included in one of the date functions saving us the extra code...!!Thanks all, for your valuable time and suggestions...

SpikETidE 2009-11-23 07:03:27

Answer 3

A:

strtotime parse an english date Here's an example showing how to do it:

<html>
<head>
<title>Php Date Function</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.ui.all.packed.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" src="themes/default/ui.all.css"/>
<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
    $('#dpicker').datepicker({
     dateFormat: "dd/mm/yy"
    });
})
</script>
</head>
<body>
    <form action="#" method="POST">
     <input size="25" readonly="readonly" type="text" value="" id="dpicker" name="dpicker" />
     <br/>
     <input type="submit" id="validBtn" value="OK" name="valid" />
    </form>
    <div>
    <?php 
     $d = (isset($_POST['dpicker']) ? $_POST['dpicker'] : null);
     if ($d) {
      $ds = explode("/", $d);
      $dte = date('(d-m-Y)', mktime(0, 0, 0, $ds[1], $ds[0], $ds[2]));
      echo '<p>Date: ' . $dte . '</p>';
     }
    ?>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

RC 2009-11-23 06:09:35

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