20030725181533 => 2003/07/25 18:15:33

[bad76]

Hi
how i can convert this

20030725181533

in to this

2003/07/25 18:15:33 ?

I'm searching for a single command, like a preg_split...

Thanks for any answer...

(i hate reg.exp. ... can i never find a really usefull guide? )

[drawmack]

http://www.php.net/substr

[The_Chancer]

Have a look at this thread may help with the discussion of regexps....

[milind24]

Check this

$var1 = 20030725181533;

echo substr($var1,0,4)."/".substr($var1,4,2)."/".substr($var1,6,2)." ".substr($var1,8,2).":".substr($var1,10,2).":".substr($var1,12,2);

[bad76]

Great link Chancer, i've added it at my bookmark.
And this tells me is not possible to do what i want with preg_split (all the number are without any spacing...) ... i think...

Substr() is not enough powerfull to do this. I want some elegant, not quick...

(i can do the same of substr() accessing at char...

 
var1 = 20030725181533; 

echo $var1[0].$var1[1].$var1[2].$var1[3]."/";
echo $var1[4].$var1[5]."/".$var1[6].$var1[7]."  ";
echo $var1[8].$var1[9].":";
echo $var1[10].$var1[11].":".$var1[12].$var1[13];

but i don't want to give this at my boss...)

however thanks.

[stolzyboy]

is each separate chunk, like 2003 in a separate variable, like $year or something like that...

[laserlight]

Well, you could always write a function, e.g.

function formatTime($time) {
	return substr($time, 0, 4) . '/'
		. substr($time, 4, 2)  . '/'
		. substr($time, 6, 2)  . ' '
		. substr($time, 8, 2)  . ':'
		. substr($time, 10, 2) . ':'
		. substr($time, 12, 2);
}

and pretend in front of your boss that it is neat.

[bad76]

Originally posted by stolzyboy
is each separate chunk, like 2003 in a separate variable, like $year or something like that...

Not. The problem is the string is "as is". All in one and without separator, just a fix-length mapped var.

Originally posted by laserlight
Well, you could always write a function, e.g.
[...]
and pretend in front of your boss that it is neat.

Nice try! May be a solution. And i can also hide it in the middle of a function.inc...