HMS?

[RNilsson]

Will future versions of vlibDate include functions for handling hour, minute and seconds?

This to be able to make some finer adjustments and a more precise time for use with scripts (like news and post-scripts) etc and for storage in db.

[releasedj]

As far as I can see, no. To start messing with time, you have to get messy with things like daylight saving hours which is specific to a location, and I'm not prepared to get into that.

I think if we did, it might degrade the standard of the class, rendering it less useful than it presently is, in my opinion.

Regards,

Kelvin

[RNilsson]

Ok, then i know.
Tnx.

[ClausVB]

I used the following function to get date + HM (using vlibDate):

Code:

/////
// Rearranges date and time like strftime would do. Uses vlibDate.
// source 2002-06-17 111000 = german example Mon, 17. Jun 2002 - 1117
// @param datetime � db_date --- c_open, c_accept, c_closed ... db_dates = DATETIME
// @return �string � � new_date --- Mon, 17. Jun 2002 - 1117

function format_datedb_date
{
global lang, display_date;

if issetdb_date
{
 �if DEBUG echo br Error Date is not set;
 �// new_date stays null for empty values in the database
}
else
{
 �vlib_lang = substrlang, 0, 2;
 �date = new vlibDatevlib_lang;
 �old_date = explode , db_date;
 �new_date = date-formatDateold_date0, display_date . substrold_date1, 0, 5;
}

return new_date;

/* what happens in this function
* �vlib_lang = substrlang, 0, 2; = vlib_lang = the first 2 chars of �
* �every lang variable english en, deutsch de, espanol es, etc.
* �old_date = explode|...|; = old_date0 = 2002-06-17; �old_date1 = 111000;
* �date-formatDateold_date0,|...|; = Mon, 17. Jun 2002 -
* �substrold_date1, 0, 5; = 1117
*/
}

I hope this will help you.

Regards,
Claus

[RNilsson]

I already have some functions for handling date>dropBox conversion, and have used that code for time-manipulation.

I would have been nice to have it in vlibDate tho.

[ClausVB]

There is a quicker way than the function I found out:

Code:

tmpl-setvardate_time, date-formatDate
substrrowdate_time, 0, 10, �%a, %d.%m.%Y
. substrrowdate_time, 11, 8;
;

That should work, too.

Regards,
Claus