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Different55

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Registered: 2011-05-18

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strtotime is the best function ever

strtotime is the best function ever. In any language. I mean, just look at this code:

<?php echo date('m/d/Y h:i:s', strtotime('next tuesday')); ?>

RESULT: 02/04/2014 12:00:00

It gives you the date down to the second of any time-y string you want. It's amazing. People have made shrines to this function. Here's one: http://www.strtotime.net/

Seriously. It's that amazing.

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Ratburntro44

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Registered: 2011-10-28

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Re: strtotime is the best function ever

I have no idea how I never knew this existed.

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Different55

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Registered: 2011-05-18

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Re: strtotime is the best function ever

I used to be like you. Wandering around php sites thinking "lol unix timestamps are teh sux0rz."

But then I found strtotime. I am absolutely chuffed to bits with it. Since I first discovered it earlier today my quality of life has increased tenfold and my stress levels when dealing with time in code have dropped to record lows.

On a more serious note, this function really does make dealing with dates and times a lot easier. The posts per hour mod I made for the forum uses strtotime to get the timestamp of 'Last Monday' and 'Midnight today'. It's a lot easier to write and a lot easier to read than other ways to do the same thing.

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