date function

[vj5]

I am having problem with date. I read php.net to get some answers but still not able to do.I want to convert from 20080108 to Friday, January 04, 2008. Can someone please help with that date function?

[jhecht]

Assuming all of your days are that format:

$string = '20080108';$year = substr($string,0,4);$month= substr($string,4,2);$day = substr($string,6);//This last one doesn't require a third argument because we are going to the end of the string$timestamp = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year);echo date('l F d, Y',$timestamp);

You should use the time() function to store your database date information. It saves you a few lines of code.

[vj5]

Assuming all of your days are that format:

$string = '20080108';$year = substr($string,0,4);$month= substr($string,4,2);$day = substr($string,6);//This last one doesn't require a third argument because we are going to the end of the string$timestamp = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year);echo date('l F d, Y',$timestamp);

You should use the time() function to store your database date information. It saves you a few lines of code.

Thank you for the code.