[n3wb!e]

hello everyone, i wud appreciate it if someone tellme how to split a date. the date is in the format of yyyy-mm-dd(eg, 2006-04-01). can i store the year , month , date in different variables ? i want to split this date to year, month and date and store it in different variables., like $year = 2006, $month=04 and date=01. is that possible ?
thanks a lot in advance..

[Nico]

This shoud do the trick.

PHP Code:

list($year, $month, $day) = explode("-", $yourdate); 

[nova912]

Originally Posted by n3wb!e

hello everyone, i wud appreciate it if someone tellme how to split a date. the date is in the format of yyyy-mm-dd(eg, 2006-04-01). can i store the year , month , date in different variables ? i want to split this date to year, month and date and store it in different variables., like $year = 2006, $month=04 and date=01. is that possible ?
thanks a lot in advance..

PHP Code:

$date = explode("-", $date);



// yyyy-mm-dd 

$date[0] // "2006" - Y

$date[1] // "04" - M

$date[2] // "01"  -D

// Rename thoughs vars as you see fit. 

EDIT: LOL, beat me by like 30 seconds, but his is better, with the list() command

[n3wb!e]

thanks a lotttttttttttttt.. wow! this was quick ! thanks again amigos.. have a great day.

[n3wb!e]

oops.. i wud like to ask you guys one more question. the scenario is : a user has applied for a job on 2006-03-19..(yyyy-mm-dd).. i have a hyperlink on the page which when clicked, should subtract the applied date(2006-02-01) from current date(eg,2006-05-19) and should show the user when he applied for the job.. (in days, as in , 62 days).. is it possible ?
yup, thanks in advance

[n3wb!e]

i mean, i hv no clue how to subtract 2 dates and find out the difference between their dates. <?
$dateDiff = mktime(0,0,0,04,20,2006) - mktime(0,0,0,04,10,2006);
echo '<br />Months Difference = '. floor($dateDiff/60/60/24/7/4);
echo '<br />Days Difference = '. floor($dateDiff/60/60/24);
?>
is working but not as i have stated above.. plz help !

[Nico]

You could use the strtotime() function and the function that posted Keith in your other thread

http://www.programmingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=28935

This converts the dates to timestamp.

PHP Code:

$date1 = strtotime('2006-03-19');

$date2 = strtotime('2006-02-01'); 

And this calculates the difference.

PHP Code:

echo CalcDiff($date1, $date2);

// Outputs: 6 weeks, 4 days 

[Keith]

Yup, check here for the code:
http://www.programmingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=28935

[Keith]

Oops! Totally missed the link you gave... jeez.

[astrkalj]

Originally Posted by nico_swd

This shoud do the trick.

PHP Code:

list($year, $month, $day) = explode("-", $yourdate); 

And that would be the best method in my opinion.