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| author | Phil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk> | 2011-08-26 10:58:53 +0200 |
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| committer | Phil Sturgeon <email@philsturgeon.co.uk> | 2011-08-26 10:58:53 +0200 |
| commit | a6aa8beaa98fac53c2cc15972bf3d1400d0c4f6a (patch) | |
| tree | 292e04610b55d963ea19a14c805d75b6e90ea9a5 /user_guide/helpers | |
| parent | 38e4a7765642f8945bf1c7668eb35e3a9de8cbb8 (diff) | |
| parent | b1099b3d3d6908a0b35a0d5a804b4b6e4fd57f66 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'develop' of github.com:EllisLab/CodeIgniter into develop
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| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide/helpers/date_helper.html | 14 |
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diff --git a/user_guide/helpers/date_helper.html b/user_guide/helpers/date_helper.html index f930ea3ae..5b00e25e0 100644 --- a/user_guide/helpers/date_helper.html +++ b/user_guide/helpers/date_helper.html @@ -234,6 +234,20 @@ $unix = human_to_unix($human);</code> +<h2>nice_date()</h2> + +<p>This function can take a number poorly-formed date formats and convert them into something useful. It also accepts well-formed dates.</p> +<p>The function will return a Unix timestamp by default. You can, optionally, pass a format string (the same type as the PHP date function accepts) as the second parameter. Example:</p> + +<code>$bad_time = 199605<br /> +<br /> +// Should Produce: 1996-05-01<br /> +$better_time = nice_date($bad_time,'Y-m-d');<br /> +<br /> +$bad_time = 9-11-2001<br /> +// Should Produce: 2001-09-11<br /> +$better_time = nice_date($human,'Y-m-d');</code> + <h2>timespan()</h2> |