Re: [PHP] A relative date puzzle

On 4/1/13 11:05 AM, Jim Giner wrote:
> I'm looking for some ideas on how to handle the following get a 
> datetime value that is relative to a specific future date when 
> presented with a partial day &time value.
>
> Specifically, I have an appl that requires some lengthy input 
> involving days and times.  I have streamlined the d/e effort so that 
> it can be done entirely using the number keypad (if available), or 
> else just with numeric entries.  Works great, very quick (JS) and 
> accurate.  Basically the users type some numbers and end up with 
> something like:
>
> Sat 08:00am  or Fri 07:00pm etc.
>
> Does anyone have an idea on how I can convert this value to a true 
> datetime value for my database updates, where the above value is 
> relative to a specific date in the future?  IE, the d/e takes place a 
> few days before a certain upcoming date and I want my entry of "Sat" 
> to translate to the Saturday following that certain date.  This could 
> take place one to two weeks prior to the start date, so just adding 
> "next" to the value above won't work.  I really need to incorporate a 
> specific date in the solution.
>
> Thoughts anyone?
>


Use strtotime() to get a UNIX time stamp, then use date() to format it 
as you like.

$myDate = strtotime("wed 11:00 am"); //1365012000
echo date("Y-m-d H:i:s", $myDate); //2013-04-03 11:00:00

On two lines for clarity.

Cheers,

Mattias