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Convert Pretty Dates with PHP

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This takes a date like so: Sat, 08 Jan 2011 from a database and allows you to use it in your code. For example if you wanted to work out a week from Sat, 08 Jan 2011 it can be done with ease. I created this for a project i am currently working on. There maybe an easier way to deal with this problem but its works so enjoy!

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  1. <?php
  2.  
  3. function scheduleGameForNextWeek($date)
  4. {
  5. 	$day = substr($date,5,-9);
  6. 	$month = substr($date,-8,3);
  7. 	$year = substr($date, -4);
  8.  
  9. 	$month = strtolower($month);
  10.  
  11. 	switch($month)
  12. 	{
  13. 		case "jan":
  14. 			$month = "01";
  15. 			break;
  16. 		case "feb":
  17. 			$month = "02";
  18. 			break;
  19. 		case "mar":
  20. 			$month = "03";
  21. 			break;
  22. 		case "apr":
  23. 			$month = "04";
  24. 			break;
  25. 		case "may":
  26. 			$month = "05";
  27. 			break;
  28. 		case "jun":
  29. 			$month = "06";
  30. 			break;
  31. 		case "jul":
  32. 			$month = "07";
  33. 			break;
  34. 		case "aug":
  35. 			$month = "08";
  36. 			break;
  37. 		case "sep":
  38. 			$month = "09";
  39. 			break;
  40. 		case "oct":
  41. 			$month = "10";
  42. 			break;
  43. 		case "nov":
  44. 			$month = "11";
  45. 			break;
  46. 		case "dec":
  47. 			$month = "12";
  48. 			break;
  49. 		default:
  50. 			$month = "00";
  51. 			break;
  52. 	}
  53.  
  54. 	return $newDate = date('F jS Y', mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day+7,$year));
  55. }
  56.  
  57. $date = "Sun, 9 Jan 2011";
  58.  
  59. echo $newDate = scheduleGameForNextWeek($date);
  60.  
  61. ?>

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