Date format mismatch with C

[girish.kc]

Hi,

I'm working on an application which interacts with an embedded device. Here I'm sending the time in EDT. The following code is used to send the time:

$time = date_format(date_create(null, timezone_open("EDT")), "s,i,H,d,m,Y,w");

 

Here 'm' is from 01 to 12. But at the receiving end the firmware expects the month to be in the range 0-11 (C-style).

 

Yes I can explode the "$time" and subtract 1 from month. But is there any better way to do that..?

 

Thanks,

 

Girish

 

[kicken]

Not really.  There is no format code that will give you what you want, so you have to get the 1-12 version and subtract one.  There's various ways you can accomplish that, all probably just as good as any other.