Working w/ dates can be a bear. While this helper class probably is missing some things, I find it helpful.
In application/bundles.php add:
'date' => array('auto' => true),Some basic examples:
// default timestamp is now
$date = Date::forge();
// pass timestamps
$date = Date::forge(1333857600);
// pass strings
$date = Date::forge('last sunday');
// get timestamp
$date = Date::forge('last sunday')->time(); // 1333857600
// get a nice format
$date = Date::forge('last sunday')->format('%B %d, %Y'); // April 08, 2012
// get a predefined format
$date = Date::forge('last sunday')->format('datetime'); // 2012-04-08 00:00:00
$date = Date::forge('last sunday')->format('date'); // 2012-04-08
$date = Date::forge('last sunday')->format('time'); // 00:00:00
// amend the timestamp value, relative to existing value
$date = Date::forge('2012-04-05')->reforge('+ 3 days')->format('date'); // 2012-04-08
// get relative 'ago' format
$date = Date::forge('now - 10 minutes')->ago() // 10 minutes agoLet's look at some date comparison examples:
// passing objects
$date1 = Date::forge('2012-04-05');
$date2 = Date::forge('2012-04-08');
$diff = Date::diff($date1, $date2);
/*
DateInterval Object
(
[y] => 0
[m] => 0
[d] => 3
[h] => 0
[i] => 0
[s] => 0
[invert] => 0
[days] => 3
)
*/
// passing timestamps
$diff = Date::diff(1333598400, 1333857600);
/*
DateInterval Object
(
[y] => 0
[m] => 0
[d] => 3
[h] => 0
[i] => 0
[s] => 0
[invert] => 0
[days] => 3
)
*/
// passing strings
$diff = Date::diff('April 08, 2012', 'April 05, 2012');
/*
DateInterval Object
(
[y] => 0
[m] => 0
[d] => 3
[h] => 0
[i] => 0
[s] => 0
[invert] => 1
[days] => 3
)
*/For help in building your formats, checkout the PHP strftime() docs.
- The class relies on
strtotime()to make sense of your strings, andstrftime()to make the format changes. Just always check the$date->time()output to see if you get false timestamps... which means the class couldn't understand what you were telling it. - This class previously would not work on Windows machines. With the help of some contributors, I believe this now works properly on both WIN and UNIX machines.
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