Date

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Introduction

$gen = e107::getDate();

Date methods

computeLapse()

Calculate difference between two dates for display in terms of years/months/weeks....

$gen->computeLapse($older_date, $newer_date = FALSE, $mode = FALSE, $show_secs = TRUE, $format = 'long') 

Parameter	Type	Description	Mandatory?
older_date	integer	UNIX timestamp	Yes
newer_date	integer	UNIX timestamp Default: current time	No
mode	boolean	if true return value is an array. Otherwise return value is a string Default: false	No
show_secs	boolean	Default: true	No
format	string	Format of the human readable date. Options: long short (omits the year) Default: long	No

convert_date()

Convert datestamp to human readable date. System time offset is considered.

$gen->convert_date($datestamp, $mask = '')

Parameter	Type	Description	Mandatory?
datestamp	integer	UNIX timestamp	Yes
mask	string	Format of the human readable date. Options: long short forum relative (any 👉strftime()valid string) Default: long	No

The configuration of the mask formats are specified in 👉 Admin Area > Preferences > Date Display options.

terms()

Return an array of language terms representing months

$gen->terms($type='month')

Parameter	Type	Description	Mandatory?
type	string	Options: month (August) month-short (Aug) day (Tuesday) day-short (Tue) day-shortest (Tu) Default: month	Yes