Date/Time Help

[EchoFool]

Hey,

 

I need help with my date & time string.

I need to edit it do show in a string + also use it for calculating things like when the date has passed.

 

The string is like this:

<?php $string = '2011-01-01 00:00 AM'; ?>

 

So i wanted to check if there was a function that can automatically convert it, so it would say for example:

 

 

Sunday, 1st of January 2011

00:00 AM

 

But at the same time compare $string against server time to see if the date has expired?

 

Hope you can help

[Pikachu2000]

Is this time string coming from a database query, or elsewhere?

[EchoFool]

In the database the value is stored in that precise format shown above as it was created from a form that the user enters the data.

[codeprada]

Your date doesn't have seconds so using date_parse will result in a few errors. You could have used the array returned to build a timestamp with mktime then format your date with the date function.

[Pikachu2000]

OK, so are you trying to change the format for display after retrieving from the database, or before inserting it? (It should really be stored in a DATETIME data type field in the DB, BTW.)

[EchoFool]

Well i don't know how to store it in date time formate because it asks for the second which i don't require.

 

IT inserts in that format then i load it from a query and then i want to display it but also do some checks against in time format =/