Re: Converting date string to unix timestamp

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On 05/11/2012 05:55 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
Thanks Jim,
To tell you the truth, this was handed off to me.
Thank you for the response. I knew this was just bloated code.
Thanks for verifying that for me. :)

Just one question, why does it echo the 7th and not the 1st?

I see that...  Figuring their is a logical reason...

Ah!

The first Saturday in the month of January this year WAS the 7th. The 1st was on a Sunday. I would say that your date picker has issues.


Should be
20120101T162000Z
not
20120107T162000Z

Best,
Karl


On May 11, 2012, at 7:42 PM, Jim Lucas wrote:

On 05/11/2012 04:11 PM, Karl DeSaulniers wrote:
Hello everyone,
Got a quick one (I hope), and probably an easy one.
For some reason it is eluding me at the moment.
Hoping someone can help.

I am building an ics file with PHP and the form that is submitting to
create this ics file has a jQuery date picker on it.
The date furnished comes to me like this "Saturday, January 1, 2012",
and a time furnished like "4:20 pm" with no seconds.

Now for the ics file, I need the date/time combo to be..

Ymd\THis\Z or in the case of the above date and time, 20120101T042000Z

Here is the block of code that I am using for this.


Why do you have so much code to do such a simple thing?

This works for me.

<?php
$date = "Saturday, January 1, 2012";
$time = "4:20 pm";

echo date('Ymd\THis\Z', strtotime($date.' '.$time));

// Outputs 20120107T162000Z

?>

Check it out in action:
http://www.cmsws.com/examples/php/jquery_time_stamp.php
http://www.cmsws.com/examples/php/jquery_time_stamp.phps

Jim

CODE [
...
}
else {
$dt_start = $_POST["field20"] ? $_POST["field20"] : $_POST["field21"];
//Saturday, January 1, 2012
$dt_end = $_POST["field22"]; //Saturday, January 1, 2012
$t_start = $_POST["field24"]; //4:20 pm
$t_end = $_POST["field25"]; //5:55 pm
//date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
try {
$start_DT = new DateTime($dt_start . " " . $t_start);
$st_date_fmt = new DateTime($start_DT->format("l, F d, Y\TH:ia T"));
//$startdate_stamp = strtotime($st_date_fmt);
$startdate = $st_date_fmt->format('U');
//$startdate = date('Ymd\THis\Z', $startdate_stamp);
}
catch (Exception $e) {
trigger_error("startdate error: " . $e->getMessage(), E_USER_ERROR);
exit(1);
}
try {
if(empty($dt_end)) {
$enddate = $startdate + (60 * 60); //If no end date provided, enddate is
1 hour after startdate.
} else {
$end_DT = new DateTime($dt_end . " " . $t_end);
$end_date_fmt = new DateTime($end_DT->format("l, F d, Y\TH:ia T"));
//$enddate_stamp = strtotime($end_date_fmt);
$enddate = $end_date_fmt->format('U');
//$enddate = date('Ymd\THis\Z', $enddate_stamp);
}
}
catch (Exception $e) {
trigger_error("enddate error: " . $e->getMessage(), E_USER_ERROR);
exit(1);
}
$stampnow = date('Ymd\THis\Z', time());
//$datestampnow = strtotime($stampnow);
}
...
]

I have a feeling I am mixing something up on my own, but I have been
staring at this code to long to see it.
Can anyone help me please? Like I said, this is probably an easy one.

TIA!!

Best,

Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com




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Karl DeSaulniers
Design Drumm
http://designdrumm.com




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Jim Lucas

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http://www.bendsource.com/

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