You could convert it to a timestamp using strtotime(), subtract 7*60*60, then convert it back to a string with strftime().
-Steve On Monday, April 15, 2002, at 09:50 AM, Torkil Johnsen wrote: > "What date/time was it 7 hours ago"? > > I'm just trying to make a log using mysql/php > This log is kinda supposed to show the time, local to the user. > > So I store datetime on the format YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS in a datetime > field. > Using the php date function to get the date. > > This will store the time that right then ON THE SERVER. > > Now, when fetching data from the mysql table, I want to display what the > time WAS, LOCALLY (where I'm at, not the server) when the log entry was > made. > > So. How do I make a function that takes in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS and > spits out > the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS minus... for instance, 7 hours? > > "What date/time was it 7 hours ago"? > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
