echo date and time of upcoming event

[samoht]

Hello,

 

I want to display a weekly events day and time. This event will always be on Saturday @ 10:45 am however, I want to output:

2011-09-17 10:45

then when that date is passed - I want it to change to the next Saturday:

2011-09-21 10:45

etc.

 

Any ideas?

[Adam]

It's so easy it feels like cheating..

 

echo date('Y-m-d', strtotime('next saturday')) . ' 10:45AM';

 

Just be careful when using strtotime.

[voip03]

$nextWeek = time() + (7 * 24 * 60 * 60);
                   // 7 days; 24 hours; 60 mins; 60secs
echo 'Now:       '. date('Y-m-d') ."\n";
echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', $nextWeek) ."\n";
// or using strtotime():

echo 'Next Week: '. date('Y-m-d', strtotime('+1 week')) . ' 10:45AM';

[Adam]

voip03, that would output today's date and the date in a week's time.

[voip03]

voip03, that would output today's date and the date in a week's time.

use the example to write the code

[ManiacDan]

voip03, that would output today's date and the date in a week's time.

use the example to write the code

Your example says nothing about "saturday" at all, the example does not pertain to the question that was asked.

 

OP: The strtotime solution is the best one, however, as he said, strtotime is a tricky beast.  You may want to use:

strtotime('+1 saturday')

 

-Dan

[samoht]

Thanks Guru!

 

I thought it would be more complicated.

What is the tricky stuff with strtotime() ?

[ManiacDan]

Thanks Guru!

 

I thought it would be more complicated.

What is the tricky stuff with strtotime() ?

Adam's name is Adam, his title is Guru ;-)

 

The tricky stuff comes from the interpretations of "next" and "last".  For instance, if I ask for "next wednesday" I get 7 days from now.  If I ask for "thursday" or "next thursday" I get tomorrow.  The definition of "next" for the computer is "the next occurring one."  The definition of "next" in common parlance is "the one during next week."  Sometimes strtotime produces results you don't expect, so I'd test this for a week's worth of days to make sure it always returns the right dates before releasing it.

 

-Dan