16. Oktober 2010
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PHP: niceDate Function

Feel free to grab the Code and use it at your Programming Projects. The Function accepts 3 Parameters: a Timestamp, a Styling Parameter (bol/int) and a Local Setting (e.g. de_DE).

The niceDate Format can look like

• DD.MM.YYYY HH:MM
• DD.MM.YYYY HH:MM:SS
• DD.MM.YYYY
• HH:MM
• DD Month YYYY
• MONDAY, DD Month YYYY

/**
 * niceDate - convert a timestamp to a nice layout
 * @param string, $date, timestamp
 * @param int/bol $style - date layout, false for DD.MM.YYYY HH:MM, 1 for DD.MM.YYYY HH:MM:SS, 2 for DD.MM.YYYY, 3 for HH:MM, 4 for DD Month YYYY, 5 textual day, DD Month YYYY
 * @param string $local - default 'de_DE' 
 * @return string
 */
function niceDate($date, $style=false, $local='de_DE'){
 
	setlocale(LC_ALL, $local);
	$dateUnix = strtotime($date);
 
	if($dateUnix == '-1')
 		$dateUnix = strtotime(
 						sprintf(
 							"%02s-%02s-%02s %02s:%02s:%02s", 
 							substr($date,0,4), 
 							substr($date,4,2), 
 							substr($date,6,2), 
 							substr($date,8,2), 
 							substr($date,10,2), 
 							substr($date,12,2)
 						)
 					);
 
	if($style==false)
 
 		$date_nice = strftime('%d.%b.%Y, %H:%M', $dateUnix);
 		
	elseif($style=='1')
 	
 		$date_nice = strftime('%d.%b.%Y, %H:%M:%S', $dateUnix);
 	
	elseif($style=='2')
	
		$date_nice = strftime('%d.%b. %Y', $dateUnix);
	
	elseif($style=='3')
 	
		$date_nice = strftime('%H:%M', $dateUnix);
 
	elseif($style=='4')
 	
 		$date_nice = strftime('%d %B %Y', $dateUnix);
 	
	elseif($style=='5')
 	
 		$date_nice = strftime('%A, %d. %b %Y', $dateUnix); 
 
 return $date_nice;
 
}

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