[PHP] Adding X days to a time string...
Storing a date in seconds (Unix timestamp) in a database and want to add X number of days to this. So I want to extend a time by say 5 days, what is the best method to handle this? It's always stored as a timestamp for a day not an exact time. So dates are stored as day (March 5th, 2003). Jeff
RE: [PHP] Adding X days to a time string...
[snip] Storing a date in seconds (Unix timestamp) in a database and want to add X number of days to this. So I want to extend a time by say 5 days, what is the best method to handle this? It's always stored as a timestamp for a day not an exact time. So dates are stored as day (March 5th, 2003). [/snip] http://www.php.net/strtotime -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Adding X days to a time string...
Sorry, I may have muddled that...the issue isn't converting a string to a time, it's taking a time (102636 for example) and adding 30 days to that. Jeff -Original Message- From: Jay Blanchard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 11:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; php-gen Subject: RE: [PHP] Adding X days to a time string... [snip] Storing a date in seconds (Unix timestamp) in a database and want to add X number of days to this. So I want to extend a time by say 5 days, what is the best method to handle this? It's always stored as a timestamp for a day not an exact time. So dates are stored as day (March 5th, 2003). [/snip] http://www.php.net/strtotime -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] Adding X days to a time string...
On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Jeff Lewis wrote: Sorry, I may have muddled that...the issue isn't converting a string to a time, it's taking a time (102636 for example) and adding 30 days Having it in seconds since the epoch makes this pretty easy (60 * 60) * 24 = 86400 // seconds in a day (86400 * days) + timestamp -- Kelly Hallman //Ultrafancy/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Adding X days to a time string...
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 11:15:20AM -0500, Jeff Lewis wrote:
Sorry, I may have muddled that...the issue isn't converting a string to
a time, it's taking a time (102636 for example) and adding 30 days
to that.
Ah, but it is an issue of converting a string to a time. strtotime()
can Parse about any English textual datetime description into a UNIX
timestamp. It also has a handy optional parameter telling you when to
consider now. So to add thirty days to now (102636 in your
example):
?php
$now = however_you_get_your_timestamp();
$future = strtotime('+30 days', $now);
?
Such a handy function -- no need to worry about leap years, number of
days in a month, etc...
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