Brian Lark's Time Date Demo

The following are examples of getdate() AND strtotime()

String:

Time String:

Enter a string and that string will be evaluated via the getdate() and strtotime() functions.

For example, try strings like "tomorrow 1:30pm", or "Today", or "Yesterday", or "Next Month", or "+2 weeks monday", or "+2 mondays" and see what happens.

Also try your birthday, like Angela Davis was born on January 26, 1944. What day of the week was that?

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CODE FOLLOWS

<?php
include('includes/header.php');

// set timezone
date_default_timezone_set("America/Detroit");

error_reporting(E_ALL);    // set error reporting to all

$self = basename($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']);

$step = isset($_POST['step']) ? $_POST['step'] : 0;

// clean input from user
$string = isset($_POST['string']) ? $_POST['string'] : null;
$string = htmlentities($string);

if ($step == 0)
{
    ?>

    <h1> Brian Lark's Time Date Demo</h1>

    <h2>The following are examples of getdate() AND strtotime()</h2>

    <form action="<?php echo($self); ?>" method="POST">
        <fieldset>
            <legend>String:</legend>
            <label for="string">Time String: </label>
            <input type="text" size="36" id="string" name="string" value="">
        </fieldset>

        <p>
            <input type="hidden" name="step" value="1"> <br>
            <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Submit">
        </p>
    </form>

    <p>
        Enter a string and that string will be evaluated via the getdate()
        and strtotime() functions.
    </p>

    <p>
        For example, try strings like "tomorrow 1:30pm", or "Today",
        or "Yesterday", or "Next Month", or "+2 weeks monday",
        or "+2 mondays" and see what happens.
    </p>

    <img src="../images/Angela_Davis_en_Bogota_Septiembre_de_2010.jpg" class="floatR" alt="Angela Davis">

    <p>
        Also try your birthday, like Angela Davis  was born on January 26, 1944. What day of the week was that?
    </p>

    <?php
}
else
{
    $seconds = strtotime($string);    // change string into seconds
    $date = getdate($seconds);        // change seconds into a date
    $computedDate = $date['mday'] . ' ' . $date['month'] . ', ' . $date['year'];

    echo('<pre>');
    print_r($date);
    echo('</pre>');


    $str = '';
    $sec = 0;

    if ($seconds < 0)
    {
        $sec = abs($seconds);
        $str = "Seconds from $computedDate to January 1, 1970 = $sec seconds.";
    }
    else
    {
        $str = "Seconds from January 1, 1970 to $computedDate = $seconds seconds.";
    }

    ?>

    <h1> Don Alexander Eckford's time (part 2)</h1>

    <p>
        String Provided: <?php echo($string); ?>
    </p>

    <p>
        Computed Date: <?php echo($computedDate); ?>
    </p>

    <p>
        It was a <?php echo($date['weekday']); ?>.
    </p>

    <p>
        The year was <?php echo($date['year']); ?>.
    </p>

    <p>
        The month was <?php echo($date['month']); ?>.
    </p>

    <p>
        The month had <?php echo(idate('t', $seconds)); ?> days.
    </p>

    <p>
        <?php echo($str); ?>
    </p>

    <p>
        Current Date = <?php echo(date("d F, Y : l")); ?>
    </p>

    <p>
        Current Time = <?php echo(time()); ?> seconds since January 1, 1970.
    </p>

    <form action="<?php echo($self); ?>" method="POST">
        <p>
            <input type="hidden" name="step" value="0">
            <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Try Again">
        </p>
    </form>

    <?php
}    // NOTE: closing brace for above else


include('includes/footer.php');
?>


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