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Need a simple date/time hidden field

Thread began 11/19/2009 8:45 am by ijk76319396 | Last modified 11/19/2009 11:06 am by CraigR | 2839 views | 4 replies |

ijk76319396

Need a simple date/time hidden field

What is the easiest way to insert a hidden field for entry into PHP database that enters the current time and date according to MY local timezone. I am familiar with the 'current timestamp' function in PHP my admin, however this displays the date in a YEAR/DAY/MONTH format with 24 hour time. I want it to read much simpler as in Day, Month, Year 3PM(example)
so what do I need to do?

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CraigRBeta Tester

if you timestamp fulfils your need, but you just want it to be prettier visually, you can either...

format the date field within the SQL statement

OR

format the date field in PHP, eg

<?php echo date('d/m/Y',strtotime($row_recordset['datefield']));?>

you can extract just the day, month, year or whatever you want to display.

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neilo

That is the answer. If you want to further configure it for your timezone (or in any other way) check out OG's kb article:

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ijk76319396

Originally Said By: CraigR
  <?php echo date('d/m/Y',strtotime($row_recordset['datefield']));?>  



This option shows me everything except for the time field. Any ideas why?

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CraigRBeta Tester

the posted string returns day/month/year

look at the link posted by neilo to get php to return what you need

eg for year only, try

echo date('Y',strtotime($row_recordset['date_field']))

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