Re: A relative date puzzle

On 4/1/2013 2:05 PM, 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?
For those interested - the proposed answer is indeed the answer.

To convert a relative time string such as "Sat 01:00pm" to an absolute 
date relative to a given date this does the trick:

$dt = strtotime("sat 01:00pm",strtotime("2012-11-16")

which would return "11/17/12 01:00 pm"