date and time problem

thewomb

im trying to compensate for an hour and minute difference on our server using::

// this is supposed to increase the 'h'  hour +1 and 'i'  minute + 10

// format the time layout
$today = getdate(mktime(date('h i a F l Y')+1,+10));


// set vars from array
$day = $today['mday']; 
$weekday = $today['"weekday'];
$month = $today['month']; 
$year = $today['year']; 
$hour = $today['hours'];
$minutes = $today['minutes'];

// echo results
echo $day.' '.$weekday.' '.$month.' '.$year.' '.$hour.':'.$minutes; 

?>

but im getting strage results! hmm

@ 12:08am i get

25 July 2003 13:10
what i is "Friday July 2003 13:18 am"

DeltaRho2K

// Get the current date and time info.
$current_time = getdate();

// Compensate hours and minutes accordingly, and set variables
$comphours = $current_time['hours']+1;
$compminutes = $current_time['minutes']+10;
$month = $current_time['mon'];
$day = $current_time['mday'];
$year = $current_time['year'];

// Get the current date and time info with the compensation applied.
$today = date("h:i a l F j, Y", mktime($comphours, $compminutes, 0, $month, $day, $year));

// echo results 
echo $today;

seby

Simple...

just change

$hour = $today['hours']; 
$minutes = $today['minutes'];

to..

$hour = $today['hours']+1; 
$minutes = $today['minutes']+10;

and remove +1,+10 from mktime.

Weedpacket

...Or replace the whole lot with

strtotime('1 hour 10 minutes');

thewomb

replace what with

strtotime('1 hour 10 minutes');

DeltaRho2K

Yeah, I forgot you can mix offsets (like hours and minutes) using strtotime()...

// Get the current Unix timestamp with the offset. 
$time_offset = strtotime("1 hour 10 minutes");

// Convert the timestamp to the format you desire.
$today = date("h:i a l F j, Y", mktime($time_offset));

Or, you should be able to do it all in one step.

$today = date("h:i a l F j, Y", mktime(strtotime('1 hour 10 minutes')));

Weedpacket

Matter of fact, you won't need the mkttime() call; strtotime() itself returns a suitable timestamp.

DeltaRho2K

OK, without the mktime...

// Get the current Unix timestamp with the offset. 
$time_offset = strtotime("1 hour 10 minutes"); 

// Convert the timestamp to the format you desire. 
$today = date("h:i a l F j, Y", $time_offset);

seby

$today = date("F jS Y, h:i a", strtotime('1 hour 10 minutes'));

thats all you need... outouts "July 25th 2003, 11:59 am"

DeltaRho2K

Yeah, I personally prefer to set the variable, because I would inevitably need it some time later, so it just makes it easier for me. 😉

That's just my luck I can be a variable pac rat...

seby

well, atleast thewomb has many options to choose 😉