1 files changed, 37 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/system/helpers/date_helper.php b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
index ab3a31867..987658c2e 100644
--- a/system/helpers/date_helper.php
+++ b/system/helpers/date_helper.php
@@ -92,7 +92,43 @@ function mdate($datestr = '', $time = '')
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 /**
- * Convert MySQL Style Datecodes
+ * Standard Date
+ *
+ * Returns a date formatted according to the submitted standard.
+ *
+ * @access	public
+ * @param	string	the chosen format
+ * @param	integer	Unix timestamp
+ * @return	string
+ */	
+function standard_date($fmt = 'DATE_RFC822', $time = '')
+{
+	$formats = array(
+					'DATE_ATOM'		=>	'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%Q',
+					'DATE_COOKIE'	=>	'%l, %d-%M-%y %H:%i:%s UTC',
+					'DATE_ISO8601'	=>	'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%O',
+					'DATE_RFC822'	=>	'%D, %d %M %y %H:%i:%s %O',
+					'DATE_RFC850'	=>	'%l, %d-%M-%y %H:%m:%i UTC',
+					'DATE_RFC1036'	=>	'%D, %d %M %y %H:%i:%s %O',
+					'DATE_RFC1123'	=>	'%D, %d %M %Y %H:%i:%s %O',
+					'DATE_RFC2822'	=>	'%D, %d %M %Y %H:%i:%s %O',
+					'DATE_RSS'		=>	'%D, %d %M %Y %H:%i:%s %O',
+					'DATE_W3C'		=>	'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%i:%s%Q'
+					);
+
+	if ( ! isset($formats[$fmt]))
+	{
+		return FALSE;
+	}
+	
+	return mdate($formats[$fmt], $time);
+}
+
+	
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/**
+ * Timespan
  *
  * Returns a span of seconds in this format: 
  *	10 days 14 hours 36 minutes 47 seconds