trouble making a date

[laredotornado@zipmail.com]

Hi,

Using PHP 4.4.4 and I'm getting an odd time stamp attempting to make a
php date. Here's the code

$reqDate = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0, 0, 0, $y, $m, $d));
$reqDateTS = strtotime($reqD ate);

If $y = 2006, $m = 12, and $d = 28, I get a negative value for
$reqDateTS. What is wrong with the above statement?

Thanks, - Dave

[larry@portcommodore.com]

Re: trouble making a date


laredotornado@z ipmail.com wrote:

Hi,
>
Using PHP 4.4.4 and I'm getting an odd time stamp attempting to make a
php date. Here's the code
>
$reqDate = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0, 0, 0, $y, $m, $d));
$reqDateTS = strtotime($reqD ate);
>
If $y = 2006, $m = 12, and $d = 28, I get a negative value for
$reqDateTS. What is wrong with the above statement?
>
Thanks, - Dave

Date functions in PHP can be tricky (DST, GMT, etc. shudder),
did you read the manual on strtotime? It probably will help you.

http://us3.php.net/strtotime

[drtebi@gmail.com]

Re: trouble making a date

The problem is very simple. You have the parameter order wrong for
mktime. It should be this:

$reqDate = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0, 0, 0, $m, $d, $y));


Cheers,
DrTebi



On Nov 26, 7:52 pm, l...@portcommod ore.com wrote:

laredotorn...@z ipmail.com wrote:

Hi,

>

Using PHP 4.4.4 and I'm getting an odd time stamp attempting to make a
php date. Here's the code

>

$reqDate = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0, 0, 0, $y, $m, $d));
$reqDateTS = strtotime($reqD ate);

>

If $y = 2006, $m = 12, and $d = 28, I get a negative value for
$reqDateTS. What is wrong with the above statement?

>

Thanks, - DaveDate functions in PHP can be tricky (DST, GMT, etc. shudder),

did you read the manual on strtotime? It probably will help you.
>
http://us3.php.net/strtotime

[Kimmo Laine]

Re: trouble making a date

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On Nov 26, 7:52 pm, l...@portcommod ore.com wrote:

>laredotorn...@ zipmail.com wrote:

Hi,

>>

Using PHP 4.4.4 and I'm getting an odd time stamp attempting to make a
php date. Here's the code

>>

$reqDate = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0, 0, 0, $y, $m, $d));
$reqDateTS = strtotime($reqD ate);

>
The problem is very simple. You have the parameter order wrong for
mktime. It should be this:
>
$reqDate = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0, 0, 0, $m, $d, $y));

I don't get the double conversion... mktime already returns a unix
timestamp, so why pass the timestamp to date and then give the date again to
strtotime to make yet another timestamp, which is the exact same that mktime
returned... Simplify!

$reqDateTS = mktime(0, 0, 0, $d, $m, $y);

Remember KISS and LOVE:
Keep It Simple, Stupid. Leave Out Virtually Everything.

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[Curtis]

Re: trouble making a date

Exactly! Kimmo Laine makes a good point

However, the correct argument order for mktime is the following (from
php.net manual):
int mktime ( [int hour [, int minute [, int second [, int month [,
int day [, int year [, int is_dst]]]]]]] )

So, the mktime argument order should be:
$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $m, $d, $y);

Curtis

On Nov 27, 12:21 am, "Kimmo Laine" <s...@outolempi .netwrote:

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>

On Nov 26, 7:52 pm, l...@portcommod ore.com wrote:

laredotorn...@z ipmail.com wrote:
Hi,

>

Using PHP 4.4.4 and I'm getting an odd time stamp attempting to makea
php date. Here's the code

>

$reqDate = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0, 0, 0, $y, $m, $d));
$reqDateTS = strtotime($reqD ate);

>

The problem is very simple. You have the parameter order wrong for
mktime. It should be this:

>

$reqDate = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0, 0, 0, $m, $d, $y));I don't get thedouble conversion... mktime already returns a unix

timestamp, so why pass the timestamp to date and then give the date againto
strtotime to make yet another timestamp, which is the exact same that mktime
returned... Simplify!
>
$reqDateTS = mktime(0, 0, 0, $d, $m, $y);
>
Remember KISS and LOVE:
Keep It Simple, Stupid. Leave Out Virtually Everything.
>
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[Kimmo Laine]

Re: trouble making a date

"Curtis" <dyer85@gmail.c omwrote in message
news:1164624374 .849218.149770@ 14g2000cws.goog legroups.com...

Exactly! Kimmo Laine makes a good point
>
However, the correct argument order for mktime is the following (from
php.net manual):
int mktime ( [int hour [, int minute [, int second [, int month [,
int day [, int year [, int is_dst]]]]]]] )
>
So, the mktime argument order should be:
$timestamp = mktime(0, 0, 0, $m, $d, $y);

Whoops, I had the parameters wrong too. Thanks for corecting it, Curtis. :)

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