On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 20:38 +0300, Thodoris wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 20:10 +0300, Thodoris wrote: > >> > 2009/7/28 Thodoris <t...@kinetix.gr <mailto:t...@kinetix.gr>>: > >> > > >> >> Hi gang, > >> >> I've been looking for a str_to_date (mysql) equivalent in PHP. I've > >> >> noticed that these are matching the description: > >> >> > >> >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.createfromformat.php > >> >> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date-create-from-format.php > >> >> > >> >> but I don't have PHP 5.3.0 installed in any of my systems to test it > >> >> and the > >> >> function/method is not well documented yet. So I will have to write a > >> >> workaround this. > >> >> > >> >> Has anybody tried this? > >> >> > >> > > >> > Does strtotime() not work for you? > >> > > >> > > >> Well actually it doesn't basically because I need to define the date's > >> format. This is because strtotime will use for this date: > >> 7/8/2009 > >> the *month/day/year* format but in Greece we usually write dates in > >> *day/**month/year* so this is causing me trouble. > >> > >> I have written this in case there is an active database handler around: > >> > >> function db_date2mysql($date_str,$date_format="%d/%m/%Y",$dbh=null) { > >> if (isset($dbh)) { > >> $sql = "SELECT STR_TO_DATE('$date_str','$date_format') AS `date`"; > >> $ar = $dbh->query($sql)->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC); > >> return $ar['date']; > >> } else { > >> return null; > >> } > >> } > >> > >> but I will need something more solid. > >> > >> > > I've always used strtotime from the output I get from the database, > > and it's always worked for me, and before you ask, I live in the UK > > where the date formats make sense :p > > > > > > > > Thanks > > Ash > > www.ashleysheridan.co.uk > > > > Well it does make sense if you leave in UK :-) . But I was asking about > how to change a day/month/year formated date (or a date in any format I > like) to mysql format. The basic problem is that I need to define the > format that the date is in. > > Sorry if I didn't make that clear before. >
Why not use mktime() and date() along with a few substrings? Thanks Ash www.ashleysheridan.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
