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[SOLVED] Quick and easy way to truncate a date string?


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Probably a better way, but here is what I came up with:

 

<?php

    $date = '3192005';
    if (strlen($date) > '7')
    {
        //month with 2 digits
        $month = substr("$date", 0, 2);
        $day = substr("$date", 2, 2);
        $year = substr("$date", 4, 4);
    }
    else
    {
        //month with single digit
        $month = substr("$date", 0, 1);
        $day = substr("$date", 1, 2);
        $year = substr("$date", 3, 4);
    }
    
    echo "Month: $month<br />Day: $day<br />Year: $year";

?>

what date is string '1112005'?

 

That would be January 11, 2005. Trust me, the date format wasn't my decision!

 

So what date string would represent November 1, 2005?

 

I think there needs to be some serious revision to the dates stored in order for the 'conversion' to be of real value.

So what date string would represent November 1, 2005?

 

11012005. It's Month (one or two digits, as applicable), 2-digit Day, 4-digit Year. Yeah, it's pretty retarded but that's what I have to work with. I'm thinking that whatever technique I use, I'll need to count from the right, since the day and year are consistent.

 

 

Sorry to bring this back up, but an even better way:

<?php

    $date = '3192005';
    
    $month = (strlen($date) > 7) ? substr("$date", 0, 2) : substr("$date", 0, 1);
    $day = substr("$date", -6, 2);
    $year = substr("$date", -4, 4);
    
    echo "Month: $month<br />Day: $day<br />Year: $year";
    
    
?>

 

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