Dirk:
Date/time values in PHP are handled as UNIX timestamps, that is, the
number of seconds since what they call the UNIX Epoch (whatever it
means), in other words, 1970. Before that, nothing existed, so no
need for time.
Saludos,
Pablo
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Wednesday, February 14, 2001, 10:29:36 AM, Dirk wrote:
DDdc> Hello PHP-users,
DDdc> given the following code snippet to convert ISO-date-strings to localized
DDdc> date-strings:
DDdc> <?php
DDdc> $stringArray = explode("-", "1985-01-01");
DDdc> $month = $stringArray[1];
DDdc> $day = $stringArray[2];
DDdc> $year = $stringArray[0];
DDdc> $date = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year);
DDdc> $value = strftime("%d.%m.%Y", $date);
DDdc> echo $value;
?>>
DDdc> This code works fine as long as I use dates after 1970, all earlier
DDdc> dates result in an empty value.
DDdc> According to the docs, mktime is supposed to work fine with 4-digit
DDdc> dates.
DDdc> What is the problem here...
DDdc> Greetings,
DDdc> Dirk
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