Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-20 Thread Kevin
Dear Jochem and all the others who have offered help, Thank you all for your assistance! Thanks to all of you I have been able to reach the next step in the design process! Thanks ever so much! Most sincerely, Kevin "Jochem Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Kev

Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-17 Thread Jochem Maas
Kevin wrote: Dear mr. Maas, no need for 'mr' :-) First of all my appologies for taking so long to respond. I had a family death to attend to. my condolences. there is no need to apologise in any case. ... why is OBC relevant, I read later on that you take the start of egyptian civilization as zero.

Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-14 Thread Kevin
Dear mr. Maas, First of all my appologies for taking so long to respond. I had a family death to attend to. I will respond to the message in message. Yours, Kevin "Jochem Maas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ... > >> > >>Why re-invent the wheel? > > > > > > It's

Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-09 Thread Richard Lynch
>> > Right now I'm working on a script that would calculate dates from one >> > calendar to another. The normal calendar we use and a newly invented > one. >> >> [shudder] >> There are already WAY too many calendar systems. >> >> Inventing a new one is probably not such a good plan... >> >> Why re-

Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-09 Thread Jochem Maas
Jason Barnett wrote: Jochem Maas wrote: It's mostly the past. The RPG is set in Egypt and the beginning of the society in egypt has been taken as year 0. The start date I think is obvious, but I do not understand an end date of a calendar.. Perhaps I'm just blond.. but could you perhaps explai

Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-09 Thread Jason Barnett
Jochem Maas wrote: > >> It's mostly the past. The RPG is set in Egypt and the beginning of the >> society in egypt has been taken as year 0. The start date I think is >> obvious, but I do not understand an end date of a calendar.. Perhaps I'm >> just blond.. but could you perhaps explain that

Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-09 Thread Jochem Maas
... Why re-invent the wheel? It's part of a game. In the RPG there are dates which the players would like to be able to convert from our calendar to that one, and back again.. In order to do that I need to find the exact days since the year 0 BC/AD. why is OBC relevant, I read later on that you t

Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-09 Thread Kevin
Mr Lynch, Thanks a lot for your help so far! I will answer or respond in message. Yours, Kevin "Richard Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Kevin wrote: > > Right now I'm working on a script that would calculate dates from one > > calendar to another. The normal

Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-08 Thread Richard Lynch
Kevin wrote: > Right now I'm working on a script that would calculate dates from one > calendar to another. The normal calendar we use and a newly invented one. [shudder] There are already WAY too many calendar systems. Inventing a new one is probably not such a good plan... Why re-invent the wh

Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-06 Thread Kevin
Thank you.. duh... quite useful... not... Where do you think I check first? Yours, Kevin "Jason Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:11, Kevin wrote: > > > Right now I'm working on a script that would calculate dates from one > > calenda

Re: [PHP] Help with dates

2005-03-06 Thread Jason Wong
On Sunday 06 March 2005 22:11, Kevin wrote: > Right now I'm working on a script that would calculate dates from one > calendar to another. The normal calendar we use and a newly invented > one. > > In order to do that I need to find the exact days since the year 0 > BC/AD. However, the functions p