README.md

CodeIgniter DateCalc Spark 1.0.2

Date calculations helper for CodeIgniter. Should rename it to moredate instead perhaps.

Get started by running:

php tools/spark install -v1.0.2 datecalc

If you don't use the autoload feature, load the spark with

$this->load->spark('datecalc/1.0.2');

from your controller or model.

Functions

The following functions are currently included:

days_between($start, $end)

Return the number of days between two dates.

• $start: the start date formatted as 'YYYY-MM-DD'.

• $end: the end date formatted as 'YYYY-MM-DD'.

• returns: the dates between as strings formatted as 'YYYY-MM-DD'.

year_of($date)

Return the year as an integer of the given epoch timestamp.

• $date: the epoch timestamp, defaults to time() if omitted.

• returns: integer representation of the year.

month_of($date)

Return the month as an integer of the given epoch timestamp.

• $date: the epoch timestamp, defaults to time() if omitted.

• returns: integer representation of the month.

day_of($date)

Return the day-of-month as an integer of the given epoch timestamp.

• $date: the epoch timestamp, defaults to time() if omitted.

• returns: integer representation of the day-of-month.

time_ago($tm, $rcs = 0, $lang = 'en') (experimental)

Returns a string representation of a time span.

Based on this: css-tricks.com/snippets/php/time-ago-function

• $tm: the epoch timestamp to compare with.

• $rcs: recursion controller, gives some level of "resolution" to the result (3 weeks, 2 days, 14 minutes compared to 3 weeks, 2 days), play with it to see the results.

• $lang: optional language parameter, defaults to 'en' for English, only options are ['en', 'sv'].

• returns: time since supplied timestamp in a human readable form.