Form -> Date -> Formating

[Blackwind]

Hey guys, I'm not sure if you can do this in PHP but here is what I need a script to do.

I've been working hard messing around and got all my other scripts working but I can't figure out how to do this one part.

Ok I type in the date in the following format in a form: 2006-05-30

Once the php receives my form submission I want it to convert that date to the following format: May 30th

And this is going to be a date range so

start_date end_date
2006-05-30 2006-06-10

I want it to calculate the interval in the days. So the interval for the example is 12 days.

I'm not sure if this is possible at all since subtraction won't do the trick....
and I don't know if it's possible to convert the date to a different format....

hence why I ask.

Help is definitely appreciated.

[thorpe]

Im not sure I understand. Firstly you want to convert the date to the format May 30th, then you want to compare dates in the old format? 2006-05-30 2006-06-10.

Php has quite an extensive set of Date/Time functions. Have you looked at them in the manual?

[leatherback]

After you have read thorpes manual link,

realize:

explode() will split a string by a string (So you can split your date in a day / month / year variable
Use the date function (I think maketime() ) to create an actual data string
Substract those, as is (Datediff, I think) or convert them to timestamps (= seconds since 1/1/1970 ) and substract then.

[Blackwind]

thanks guys, I'll work on it and post if I figure it all out or run into a wall. The explode function seems to be exactly what I need. Thanks leatherback.

Thanks thorpe I will definitely need that manual.