[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
[quote author="CISCK" date="1257020493"]
I guess I just wanted something more dynamic ...
[/quote]
Well, sure, if you want something that takes up more space, uses more CPU to run, and whose function is less obvious to the reader .. you don't
have to use a simple and effective solution.
Here's a function I wrote a while ago that includes a 24hour conversion similar to what you're trying to do. In this case I wanted to keep the date portion of a string, and round the hours/minutes/seconds portion to the nearest hour.
Code:
// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
/**
* Pretty date
*
* Takes one parameter - an ISO8601 formatted date - and returns it
* in slightly more human readable form.
*
* eg. 2009-05-31T16:42:07 ====> 2009-05-31 , 5pm
*
* @param $date_in string (iso8601 date)
* @return string
**/
function pretty_date ( $date_in ) {
if (strlen ($date_in) != 19)
return $date_in; // return in confusion!
$hh = substr ($date_in, 11, 2);
$mm = substr ($date_in, 14, 2);
if ($mm > 30)
$hh++;
if ( ($hh > 23) OR ($hh == '00'))
$hh_string = "midnight";
else
if ($hh > 12)
$hh_string = ($hh - 12) ."pm";
else
if ($hh == 12)
$hh_string = "midday";
else
$hh_string = $hh ."am";
$output = substr ($date_in, 0, 10) . nbs(1) ."<font class=\"date_tilde\">~</font>". nbs(1) . $hh_string;
return $output;
} // end-function pretty_date ()
