Re[4]: [PHP] days of week
>DC> $sunday = strtotime('1 January 1995'); // That day was a Sunday
>DC> return strftime("%A", $sunday+(3600*24*$day));
>DC> }
>
>So despite asking for a way to do it without using dates in functions,
>that's exactly what you're doing?
>
>Heh, gotta love this list sometimes.
No need to be rude - you asked for a way to do it without knowing the
specific date. Jan 1 1995 was chosen because the 1st happens to be a
sunday, enabling you to take advantage of localized date functions.
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Re[4]: [PHP] days of week
Hello Diana,
Thursday, March 18, 2004, 12:34:32 PM, you wrote:
DC> I didnt want to hard code the names , so we made this up:
DC> function getDayName($day, $lang=''){
DC> if ($locale = Language::getLocale($lang)) {
DC> setlocale(LC_TIME, $locale);
DC> }
DC> $sunday = strtotime('1 January 1995'); // That day was a Sunday
DC> return strftime("%A", $sunday+(3600*24*$day));
DC> }
So despite asking for a way to do it without using dates in functions,
that's exactly what you're doing?
Heh, gotta love this list sometimes.
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