DateHelper
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Manipulate PHP Date
Install
To install this package add it as a dependency using composer, (*3)
composer.json
````$json
"require": {
"natedrake/datehelper": "^0.1.4"
}, (*4)
### Usage
````php
<?php
use Natedrake\DateHelper\Date;
use Natedrake\DateHelper\DateFormat;
$datePosted=date('2015-08-02 10:36:15');
$date=Date::get()->getDifferenceFromNow($datePosted);
returns the amount of time since the date provided in date posted.
E.g. 10 seconds ago, less than a minute ago, a week ago, 3 weeks ago, a fortnight ago, etc, (*5)
Classes
Natedrake\DateHelper\Date
Usage:
$ordinal=Date::<function>([parameter]);
Example:
$ordinal=Date::ordinal(12);
returns '12th', (*6)
Methods:
Date::differenceFromNow($date);
returns the difference since the provided date. E.g 10 seconds ago, a week ago, a fortnight, ago, 3 weeks ago, etc, (*7)
Date::ordinal($number);
returns the ordinal for the number provided. E.g. 1st, 10th, 3rd, etc., (*8)
Usage:
DateFormat::get()->date(<date>)-><function>([paramater]);
Example:
$isLeapYear=DateFormat::get()->date('2012-01-01')->isLeapYear();
returns true, or false if year of date isn't a leap year, (*9)
Methods:
DateFormat::get();
returns a DateFormat object to use, (*10)
DateFormat::get()->date($date);
set the date of the date format object, (*11)
DateFormat::get()->date($date)->format('Y-m-d H:i:s);
returns the date in the provided format., (*12)
DateFormat::get()->date($date)->format(DateFormat::ISO8601);
There are a list of predefined formats in the DateFormat class., (*13)
DateFormat::EASY *25th of March 2016 09:00:00 AM*
DateFormat::BIG *2016-03-25 09:00:00*
DateFormat::LITTLE *25-03-2016 09:00:00*
DateFormat::MIDDLE *03-25-2016 09:00:00*
DateFormat::ISO8601 *2016-03-25T09:00:00+01:00*
DateFormat::RFC2822 *Fri, 25 Mar 2016 09:00:00 +0100*
DateFormat::EPOCH *1458892800*
DateFormat::DAY *Friday*
DateFormat::MNT *Mar*
DateFormat::YEAR *2016*
DateFormat::GMT *+01:00* // Time zone difference from GMT
DateFormat::LEAP *1* // Returns 1 if year is a leap year
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