In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, davidtg- [EMAIL PROTECTED] says... > Hi, all -- > > Now it's my turn to ask a simple question, or one that sure sounds like > it should be... > > I have a 14-char date string like "20030917181909" and I need to break it > into its component parts for a more readable "2003-09-17 18:19:09" view. > How can I do that? Do I really need to call substr half a dozen times?(!?) > > I tried unpack() but all I ended up getting was an array with one entry > (sometimes with a very strange-looking key). > > > TIA & HAND > > :-D
If you are getting that string from a database, and the database is mysql, you could let the db do the work. See DATEFORMAT() in mysql. Cheers -- Quod subigo farinam A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet? -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
