[PHP-DB] convert date in german format
Hi, how can I convert a date stored in a mysql-database for output in the german format (dd.mm.yy). I tried date (d.m.y,$row-from); but I still get the english-format stored in the database. The databasefield is type date. Regards, Ruprecht -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] convert date in german format
how can I convert a date stored in a mysql-database for output in the german format (dd.mm.yy). I tried date (d.m.y,$row-from); the second parameter to date() should be a unix timestamp (integer). Did you convert your MySQL date to a timestamp? Try: date(d.m.y, strtotime($row-from)); if that doesn't work (strtotime will return -1 if it fails, which will end up looking like 31.12.69 when date() renders it), then you may need to either a) use MySQL's UNIX_TIMESTAMP() function in your query to convert your date to a unix timestamp or b) use preg_match() and mktime() to create the unix timestamp from the MYSQL data. Hans smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: [PHP-DB] convert date in german format
at the top of your script, do: setlocale ( LC_TIME, 'de_DE' ) ; (assumes your machine has German support installed) HTH Ignatius _ - Original Message - From: Ruprecht Helms [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 16:58 Subject: [PHP-DB] convert date in german format Hi, how can I convert a date stored in a mysql-database for output in the german format (dd.mm.yy). I tried date (d.m.y,$row-from); but I still get the english-format stored in the database. The databasefield is type date. Regards, Ruprecht -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] convert date in german format
From: Ruprecht Helms [EMAIL PROTECTED] how can I convert a date stored in a mysql-database for output in the german format (dd.mm.yy). I tried date (d.m.y,$row-from); but I still get the english-format stored in the database. The databasefield is type date. That's because date() wants a Unix timestamp. MySQL has it's own format. You have two options. Option 1 is to use DATE_FORMAT() in your query to retrieve the date already formated. DATE_FORMAT() works similar to the PHP date() function. Look it up in Chapter 6 of the MySQL Manual. Option 2 is to use UNIX_TIMESTAMP() in your query to retrieve the MySQL date formatted as a Unix timestamp. You can then pass this value to the PHP date() function and format it like you have above. ---John Holmes... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] convert date in german format
That's because date() wants a Unix timestamp. MySQL has it's own format. You have two options. Option 1 is to use DATE_FORMAT() in your query to retrieve the date already formated. DATE_FORMAT() works similar to the PHP date() function. Look it up in Chapter 6 of the MySQL Manual. Option 2 is to use UNIX_TIMESTAMP() in your query to retrieve the MySQL date formatted as a Unix timestamp. You can then pass this value to the PHP date() function and format it like you have above. Or option 3: strtotime() Chris -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] convert date in german format
at the top of your script, do: setlocale ( LC_TIME, 'de_DE' ) ; (assumes your machine has German support installed) Yes, this is really the right way to do date display for different locales, but it also requries that you use the strftime() function instead of date(). Like date(), strftime() will expect the second param to be a unix timestamp, so you still have to deal with that issue. strftime() will provide much more flexibility in displaying german dates -- e.g. ability to have German days of week, month names, etc. Using MySQL DATE_FORMAT() would work, but it's a hack solution; if you ever wanted to create an English version of your site you would have to make changes to your data-layer queries -- and that's just not where that logic belongs. Hans -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP-DB] convert date in german format
From: Hans Lellelid [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using MySQL DATE_FORMAT() would work, but it's a hack solution; if you ever wanted to create an English version of your site you would have to make changes to your data-layer queries -- and that's just not where that logic belongs. So use UNIX_TIMESTAMP and date() or just use strtotime(). Or go all out and just store the dates in a unix format in an integer column to begin with! The choice is yours... ---John Holems... -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
