Timestamps for 1800's

[DJ Craig]

I'm trying to convert this date:
12 May1868
Into this:
18690512
That's YYYYMMDD. So first I need to convert it to a UNIX time stamp
using the strtotime() function, then convert it to YYYYMMDD. This
works for more rescent dates:
$d = date('Ymd', strtotime($d));
I tested that with 19 July2005, and it worked. But the strtotime()
function seems to return -1 for dates before the UNIX epoch. How can I
convert these dates?

[Michel]

Re: Timestamps for 1800's

have the monthnames in an array.
split on spaces
loop array until you find the right month
add 1 (or have array[0]='none'; )
put string together in your format
done

"DJ Craig" <spit@djtriciti es.com> wrote in message
news:1121869645 .273644.174560@ o13g2000cwo.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> I'm trying to convert this date:
> 12 May1868
> Into this:
> 18690512
> That's YYYYMMDD. So first I need to convert it to a UNIX time stamp
> using the strtotime() function, then convert it to YYYYMMDD. This
> works for more rescent dates:
> $d = date('Ymd', strtotime($d));
> I tested that with 19 July2005, and it worked. But the strtotime()
> function seems to return -1 for dates before the UNIX epoch. How can I
> convert these dates?
>[/color]

[Michel]

Re: Timestamps for 1800's

don't double post. crosspost please

Mich

"DJ Craig" <spit@djtriciti es.com> wrote in message
news:1121869645 .273644.174560@ o13g2000cwo.goo glegroups.com.. .[color=blue]
> I'm trying to convert this date:
> 12 May1868
> Into this:
> 18690512
> That's YYYYMMDD. So first I need to convert it to a UNIX time stamp
> using the strtotime() function, then convert it to YYYYMMDD. This
> works for more rescent dates:
> $d = date('Ymd', strtotime($d));
> I tested that with 19 July2005, and it worked. But the strtotime()
> function seems to return -1 for dates before the UNIX epoch. How can I
> convert these dates?
>[/color]

[DJ Craig]

Re: Timestamps for 1800's

Thanks for the help. How do you crosspost with Google Groups?

[Colin McKinnon]

Re: Timestamps for 1800's

DJ Craig spilled the following:
[color=blue]
> I'm trying to convert this date:
> 12 May1868
> Into this:
> 18690512
> That's YYYYMMDD. So first I need to convert it to a UNIX time stamp
> using the strtotime() function, then convert it to YYYYMMDD. This
> works for more rescent dates:
> $d = date('Ymd', strtotime($d));
> I tested that with 19 July2005, and it worked. But the strtotime()
> function seems to return -1 for dates before the UNIX epoch. How can I
> convert these dates?[/color]

32bit Unix time only works from 1970 to 2036 (ish)

C.

[Daniel Tryba]

Re: Timestamps for 1800's

Michel <no@spam.please > wrote:[color=blue]
> don't double post. crosspost please
>
> Mich
>
> "DJ Craig" <spit@djtriciti es.com> wrote in message[/color]
[snip 15 lines]

And in other good advice to be found elsewhere: don't TOFU
instead keep it readable please.