Please hit me if I'm wrong, but I couldn't find a method that returns a string representation of the date format currently used to format the date. I need a method that returns something like "dd.mm.yyyy" if the current format is Zend_Date::DATE_MEDIUM. Such a string representation f.i. is used by the JQuery table sorter which then can sort table columns of the given date format. But maybe I'm just blind ;) Hope you can help.

Hello,

You can find a list of date constants at: framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.date.constants.html#zend.date.constants.list

Something like this would work for you:

$myDate = new Zend_Date(strtotime('2007-07-13'));
$myDate->toString("dd.MM.YYYY");

Cheers

Sorry, but it seems you got me wrong. The problem is, that I'm running a multi-language site. That's why I'm only using the localized constants like DATE_LONG, DATE_MEDIUM, etc.

I'm looking for a way to get the underlying format for the current locale behind DATE_MEDIUM. The "dd.mm.yyyy" I wrote was just an example what DATE_MEDIUM may currently look like in a german locale f.i. And I didn't find a method that simply returns this string representation of the format that's currently used as DATE_MEDIUM, DATE_LONG, etc.

Zend_Date takes locale as a parameter. So you can also try:

$myDate = new Zend_Date(strtotime('2007-07-13'), false, 'de');

and this should convert dates to their localized formats. Sorry but I am not too sure about using the localized constants like DATE_LONG to automatically make dates in their locale format. Perhaps use the above and play around with toString() to see what you can get.

I am also now working on a multi-lingual site and am playing around with dates, so if I come across anything I will post it.

Cheers

There's a method located inside the Zend_Locale class that helps a bit. But it's not quite 100% percent what I was looking for.

It seems that this method returns a string representation for

It would be better to have an interface for all localized date constants but at least that's a beginning

Hi, I have a field database field called created_at which is assigned when an new instance is created and I use the following:

However, when I list the objects that have been inserted in the database via the browser, I'm getting the following for the 'created_at' field:

0000-00-00 00:00:00

Also, when I view the contents of the DB, I'm seeing the same results. Thus, if anyone has the answer for this, please post the solution.

Thanks in advance,

-Conrad

re: mosh

did you find a way to get what you were after?

re: conradwt

Zend_Date::now() returns a Zend_Date object, you need to turn it into a timestamp or string via:

note: toString() takes formatting, locale and something else as parameters, check the api docs at zend.com for details.

Hi, I was able to find the following in the reference documentation:

However, it seems that the toString method is called when I invoke the following test action:

Now, when I invoke the action (i.e. http://localhost/my_app/public/admin/date ), it prints the time and the date as I would expect. In any case, I'll try your method of obtaining the timestamp from the Date instance.

Thanks again,

-Conrad

I have used Data class and found some mismatch of date usage. How to solve this?

in pHP: date("Y-m-d"): gives 2008-02-23
in zf : $date->toString("Y-m-d"); give 2008-i-23 like that. Time also coming like that . how to solve this and how to take the time 05:25:04 and date 2008-02-25?

- mugesh

Letters used by PHP in date() are different than the ones used by ZF.
use $date->get('YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss') to show both date and time, or $date->get('YYYY-MM-dd') to show date only.

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