px_date2string

Description

Turns a date as it stored in the paradox file into human readable format. Paradox dates are the number of days since 1.1.0000. This function is just for convenience. It can be easily replaced by some math and the calendar functions as demonstrated in the example below.

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Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.

Examples

Example 1. Turn a paradox date into a human readable form <?php $px = px_new(); /* make up a date as it could be stored in */ /* a date field of a paradox db. */ /* 700000 days since 1.1.0000. */ $days = 700000; /* Use the calendar functions to print a */ /* human readable format of the date */ echo jdtogregorian($days+1721425)."\n"; /* px_date2string() outputs the same */ echo px_date2string($px, $days, "n/d/Y")."\n"; px_delete($px); ?> The above example will output: 7/15/1917 7/15/1917

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